SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Alaska’s largest electric utility Chugach Electric Association to design and build the South Central Power Project in Anchorage.
Under the contract, SNC-Lavalin will carry out the engineering, balance of plant procurement, and construction for a 183-MW natural gas-fired combined cycle thermal power plant. Chugach is securing the purchase of the power island equipment directly from the equipment suppliers for SNC-Lavalin to install and commission with the balance of plant.
“SNC-Lavalin’s thermal team is a leader in the US in cogeneration and alternative fuel projects. We will be using the best practices and methodologies we have developed designing and building more than 60,000 MW in thermal power projects worldwide,” said Patrick Lamarre, Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. “We will be using GE LM6000-PF proven technology on this project, which will make the plant more fuel-efficient than the existing power plants currently operating in the region.”
The South Central Power Project is expected to be completed by the end of 2012.
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