La Cygne Power Plant is a 1,598.9MW coal fired power project. It is located in Kansas, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in June 1973.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Thermal | 1,598.9 | 1,598.9 | – | Active | Kansas, the US |
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Description
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The project is co-owned by Evergy Metro and Westar Energy, with their respective ownership stake of 50% each.
It is a steam turbine power plant. The power plant run on dual-fuel. The primary fuel being used to power the plant is subbituminous. In case of shortage of subbituminous the plant can also run on Bituminous. The fuel is procured from Lucky Strike Mine.
The project generated 7,512,441MWh of electricity.
Development Status
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By GlobalDataThe project got commissioned in June 1973.
Contractors Involved
La Cygne Power Plant (La Cygne Power Plant Unit I) is equipped with Siemens Energy steam turbine. The phase consists of 1 steam turbine with 893MW nameplate capacity.
La Cygne Power Plant (La Cygne Power Plant Unit II) is equipped with GE Power Tandem Compound steam turbine. The phase consists of 1 steam turbine with 685MW nameplate capacity.
GE Power supplied electric generator for the La Cygne Power Plant (La Cygne Power Plant Unit II).
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises supplied steam boiler for the La Cygne Power Plant (La Cygne Power Plant Unit I).
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises supplied steam boiler for the La Cygne Power Plant (La Cygne Power Plant Unit II).
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