2006 Plant of the Year: 1

It's said that pioneers take the arrows. In the case of Springerville Unit 3 - a 418-MW (net) expansion of a Tucson Electric Power facility in Arizona and the first pulverized coal-fired unit built in the U.S. in more than a decade - the arrows were many. Although Tri-State (the developer), Tuc...

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Published in:Power 2006-09, Vol.150 (7), p.34
Main Author: Peltier, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Awards & honors
Coal-fired power plants
Construction
Electric power
Electricity distribution
Emissions control
Energy
Expansion
Industrial plant emissions
Natural gas prices
Production capacity
Project management
Schedules
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Summary:It's said that pioneers take the arrows. In the case of Springerville Unit 3 - a 418-MW (net) expansion of a Tucson Electric Power facility in Arizona and the first pulverized coal-fired unit built in the U.S. in more than a decade - the arrows were many. Although Tri-State (the developer), Tucson Electric (the host), and Bechtel Power (the EPC contractor) were wounded by delayed deliveries of major equipment, bankruptcy of a major supplier, and a labor shortage, the companies showed their pioneering spirit and completed the project ahead of schedule. For ushering in a new generation of clean and desperately needed baseload capacity, Springerville Unit 3 is POWER magazine's 2006 Plant of the Year.
ISSN:0032-5929
1936-7791