GE Power Systems Supplies Gas Turbine for New Plant Developed by Pluspetrol of Argentina.Business Editors & Energy Writers BELFORT, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2001 Pluspetrol SA, a leading Argentine Argentine having some relationship with the country Argentina. Argentine tick margaropuswinthemi. Argentine tortoise geochelonechilensis. company involved in oil and gas exploration and production worldwide, is developing a new, 120-megawatt power plant based on a gas 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. supplied by GE Power Systems. The facility is located in Ave Fenix, Argentina, near the city of Tucuman, the capital of Tucuman Province. GE Power Systems supplied an MS9001E gas turbine from its Belfort, France manufacturing facility for the project. Under a turnkey See turnkey system. contract of approximately US$29 million, GE also is supplying a generator, civil work and site erection erection /erec·tion/ (e-rek´shun) the condition of being rigid and elevated, as erectile tissue when filled with blood. e·rec·tion n. 1. services. Commercial operation of the new plant is scheduled to begin in mid-2002. The baseload plant will supply electricity for Pluspetrol who will sell the power to the Argentinean wholesale market through CAMESA CAMESA Canadian Military Electronics Standards Agency (Canada) , a power distribution company. Natural gas will be the primary fuel. GE Power Systems already has a strong presence in Argentina. To date, a total of 109 GE-technology gas turbines and 26 steam turbines Steam turbine A machine for generating mechanical power in rotary motion from the energy of steam at temperature and pressure above that of an available sink. By far the most widely used and most powerful turbines are those driven by steam. have been ordered or installed for projects in the country, representing 4,765 megawatts of power. About GE Power Systems GE Power Systems (http://www.gepower.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation technology, energy services and management systems with 2000 revenue of $15 billion. The business has the largest installed base of power generation equipment in the global energy industry. GE Power Systems provides turnkey equipment, service and management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, distributed power and energy rental industries. |
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