Rio Grande Power Station is a 250MW gas fired power project. It is located in New Mexico, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in June 1957. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by El Paso Electric.
It is a Steam Turbine power plant. The power plant run on dual-fuel. The primary fuel being used to power the plant is natural gas. In case of shortage of natural gas the plant can also run on Fuel Oil. The fuel is procured from Kinder Morgan.
The project generated 700,717MWh of electricity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in June 1957.
Contractors involved
Rio Grande Power Station (Rio Grande Power Station Unit I) is equipped with Siemens Energy steam turbine. The phase consists of 1 steam turbine with 50MW nameplate capacity.
Rio Grande Power Station (Rio Grande Power Station Unit II) is equipped with GE Power steam turbine. The phase consists of 1 steam turbine with 50MW nameplate capacity.
Rio Grande Power Station (Rio Grande Power Station Unit III) is equipped with Siemens Energy steam turbine. The phase consists of 1 steam turbine with 150MW nameplate capacity.
Siemens Energy supplied electric generator for the Rio Grande Power Station (Rio Grande Power Station Unit I).
GE Power supplied electric generator for the Rio Grande Power Station (Rio Grande Power Station Unit II).
Siemens Energy supplied electric generator for the Rio Grande Power Station (Rio Grande Power Station Unit III).
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises supplied steam boiler for the project.
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