By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 17 -- Duke Energy North America (DENA), a unit of Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte, NC, let a turnkey engineering contract to Duke/Fluor Daniel for the engineering, procurement, and construction of the company's 1,240 Mw natural-gas fired Hanging Rock electric power plant in Hamilton Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. The contract amount was not disclosed.
Construction of the facility was approved late last year (OGJ Online, Oct. 9, 2001). The new plant will contain two sets of 7 FA combustion turbine generators operating in combined cycle with two D11 steam turbine generators.
The plant will help to "serve North America's energy appetite—which is continuing to grow at a baseline rate of 1-2%/year," said Jim Donnell, DENA president and CEO.
Commercial start-up of the facility is slated for third quarter 2003 and will connect to American Electric Power Co. Inc.'s Hanging Rock substation.