石油设备网讯 据6月3日Kallanish 能源资讯报道，美国最大燃气公用事业公司路易斯安那州安特吉（Entergy）上周宣布，耗资8.7亿美元的圣查尔斯（St. Charles）发电厂已在预算内提前完工。
据阿肯色州小石城KUAR Radio报道，Entergy表示，位于路易斯安那州蒙兹 (新奥尔良以西)的980兆瓦发电站，其二氧化碳排放量比Entergy老式天然气发电机组低40%左右。
“圣查尔斯发电厂将为客户提供可靠的清洁能源，来满足路易斯安那州增长的巨大需求量。”路易斯安那州Entergy公司总裁兼首席执行官菲利普·梅称，“这个联合循环电厂是我们向更清洁、更高效发电转型的一部分。用新的、更清洁的天然气机组取代旧的、效率较低的机组，将提高发电系统的可靠性，减少对环境影响，并可以长期地为客户节省大量资金。”
据Entergy表示，此套发电设备预计可使用30年，在该发电厂高效率的运行下，客户将在30年内节省超过13亿美元。预计在不到十年的时间里，客户节省下来的资金就可以超过该工厂的建设成本。
Entergy在路易斯安那州、德克萨斯州、阿肯色州和密西西比州都有业务。圣查尔斯发电厂项目Entergy在未来三年内建设的六个主要项目之一，总投资约35亿美元。
王佳晶 摘译自 Kallanish Energy
原文如下：
Entergy Louisiana completes $870M gas-fired power plant
Public utility Entergy Louisiana announced last week it’s completed the $870 million St. Charles Power Station ahead of schedule and on budget, Kallanish Energy learns.
Company officials said the 980-megawatt power plant in Montz, Louisiana (west of New Orleans), emits roughly 40% less carbon dioxide on average than Entergy’s older natural gas-fired units, KUAR Radio in Little Rock, Arkansas, reported.
“The St. Charles Power Station will supply reliable, clean energy to customers to help support the tremendous growth Louisiana is experiencing,” said Phillip May, president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana. “This combined-cycle plant is one part of our transformation to cleaner, more efficient generation. Replacing older, less efficient plants with new, cleaner natural gas units will improve system reliability, reduce environmental impacts and produce substantial customer savings over the long term.”
Because of the plant’s high efficiency, customers will save more than $1.3 billion over the anticipated 30-year life of the unit, according to Entergy Louisiana. Customer savings are expected to exceed the plant’s construction cost in less than a decade.
The St. Charles Power Station project is one of six major power generation projects totaling roughly $3.5 billion to be built across Entergy Louisiana parent Entergy’s service area over the next three years.
Entergy’s business footprint covers portions of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi.
