Power Resources, Ltd. (United States)
Generation, Cogeneration
The Project
The Power Resources facility is a 212-megawatt natural gas-fueled cogeneration project located near Big Spring, Texas. Power Resources is located near some of the largest gas fields in the United States and the country's lowest gas prices.
Environment
Natural gas is one of the cleanest fossil fuel sources in the world and Power Resources' cogeneration plant utilizes low-cost, highly efficient natural gas as its fuel source.
Owner/Operator
The Power Resources facility is indirectly owned by CE Generation LLC (CE Gen), a limited liability company, 50 percent of which is owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, and is operated by Falcon Power Operating Company, an indirect subsidiary of CE Gen.
Location:
Big Spring, Texas, U.S.A.
Date of Commercial Operation:
June 1988
Capacity:
Approximately 212 net MW
Electricity Purchaser:
Merchant
Interconnection and Transmission:
ERCOT/Oncor
Turbines:
Two gas turbine generators (General Electric)
One steam turbine generator (Hitachi)
Two heat-recovery steam generators (Deltak)