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Article: Tampa Electric Completes New Peaking Power Units.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 23, 2009
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Tampa Electric (NYSE: TE) announced it has completed construction of five new 60-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired peaking units - Bayside Units 3, 4, 5 and 6 and Big Bend Unit 4 - that will provide power during periods of peak customer demand in a reliable and environmentally friendly manner. Four of the units are at H.L. Culbreath Bayside Power Station in Tampa and one unit is at Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach. In addition to peak power generation, the new units also boost Tampa Electric's reliability with "quick start" and "black start" capabilities (see also Tampa Electric).
The five new peaking units each utilize a derivative of Pratt and Whitney's ...