Southaven Combined Cycle Power Plant is a 903.9MW gas fired power project. It is located in Mississippi, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in May 2003.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Thermal 903.9 903.9 Active Mississippi, the US Cogentrix Energy Power Management

Description

The project was developed by Cogentrix Energy Power Management and is currently owned by Tennessee Valley Authority with a stake of 100%.

It is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant. The fuel is procured from Texas Gas Pipeline.

The project generated 2,005,567MWh of electricity.

Development Status

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The project got commissioned in May 2003.

Contractors Involved

SNC-Lavalin Group was selected to render EPC services for the gas fired power project.

GE Power was selected as the turbine supplier for the Gas fired project. The company provided 3 steam turbines, each with 122MW nameplate capacity.

GE Power was selected as the turbine supplier for the Gas fired project. The company provided 3 units of 7F.04 gas turbines, each with 179.3MW nameplate capacity.

GE Power supplied electric generator for the project.

Aalborg Engineering supplied steam boiler for the project.

Cogentrix Energy Power Management is the O&M contractor for thermal power project.

About Cogentrix Energy Power Management

Cogentrix Energy Power Management LLC (Cogentrix) formerly Cogentrix Energy Inc, is an energy company that offers power generation and supplying services. The company acquires, develops, markets, constructs and manages power generation assets. It provides engineering and operational technologies such as gas fired simple cycle, coal fired technologies, gas and oil fired combined cycle, and solar technologies. Cogentrix also offers steam turbine and combustion turbine outage management, maintenance and repair, boiler and pressure vessel repair, boiler inspections, electrical testing, generator inspection and testing services, among others. The company also develops electric power generating and co-generating facilities. Cogentrix is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the US.

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