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Vogt Power to Supply Heat Recovery Unit for Treasure Coast Energy Center.


DANVERS, Mass. -- Vogt Power International Inc. (VPI VPI Voice Print International (Camarillo, CA)
VPI Virtual Path Identifier (used in Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
VPI Virginia Polytechnic Institute (aka Virginia Tech) 
), located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., based in Danvers, MA, announced today that it has received an award from TIC/UE to supply the Heat Recovery Steam Generator A heat recovery steam generator or HRSG is a heat exchanger that recovers heat from a hot gas stream. It produces steam that can be used in a process or used to drive a steam turbine.  (HRSG HRSG Heat Recovery Steam Generator
HRSG Human Resources Systems Group (Ottawa, ON, Canada) 
) for Florida Municipal Power Agency's (FMPA FMPA Florida Municipal Power Agency
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) Treasure Coast Energy Center located near Fort Pierce, Florida Fort Pierce is a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, USA. It is also known as the Sunrise City, sister to San Francisco, California, the Sunset City. The population was 37,516 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 37,959. .

Vogt Power will design, engineer and deliver one auxiliary fired, three pressure level reheat, natural circulation HRSG for a GE Frame 7FA gas turbine. The HRSG will be VPI's proprietary "SMART" box design which features a high level of pre-assembly, where modules, casing, interconnecting piping and some structural steel are all supplied in one box, thereby drastically reducing the number of man-hours needed for erection.

Mike LeClair, President of Vogt Power International, stated, "The market for natural gas combined cycle power plants in the U.S. is extremely competitive and we believe our reputation for technical excellence, product reliability and customer support influenced our selection. We are pleased to again be working with TIC/UE and together provide the Florida Municipal Power Agency with one of the most reliable units in the industry today."

The Industrial Company / Utility Engineering Joint Venture, TIC/UE, will procure, engineer and construct FMPA's new 300 MW natural gas-fired power plant in St. Lucie County, Florida St. Lucie County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 192,695. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 241,305 [1]. History
The current St.
. FMPA is a wholesale power company owned by 29 municipal electric utilities. FMPA provides economies of scale in power generation and related services to support community-owned electric utilities. The members of FMPA serve approximately 1.8 million Floridians.

Babcock Power Inc., through its subsidiaries, is one of the world's leading suppliers of technology, equipment, and services to the power generation industry. Babcock Power subsidiary companies include; Vogt Power International (Louisville, KY), Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc. (Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. , CA), Babcock Power Environmental, Riley Power Inc. and Babcock Power Services (Worcester, MA), Boiler Tube Company of America (Lyman, SC), TEi Construction Services, Inc. (Greer, SC) and TEi-Struthers Wells (Warren, PA).
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