* The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.* The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.'s new $61 million natural gas-fired combustion combustion, rapid chemical reaction of two or more substances with a characteristic liberation of heat and light; it is commonly called burning. The burning of a fuel (e.g., wood, coal, oil, or natural gas) in air is a familiar example of combustion. turbine turbine, rotary engine that uses a continuous stream of fluid (gas or liquid) to turn a shaft that can drive machinery. A water, or hydraulic, turbine is used to drive electric generators in hydroelectric power stations. power plant near Fulton in southwest Arkansas went into service May 26, less than a year after major construction began. The plant, on a 159-acre site along Interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. 30, is the first of a new generation of natural gas-fired combustion turbine power plants to be built in the state. The cooperative built the plant to meet growing customer demand for electricity, up by about 5 percent a year. AECC AECC Association for Emissions Control by Catalyst AECC Aeromedical Evacuation Control Center AECC Aeromedical Evacuation Coordination Center AECC Aerojet Energy Conversion Company AECC American Evangelical Christian Church, Inc. will use the plant during periods of peak power demand. |
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