Nevada Power Company Purchases 12 Pratt & Whitney Power Systems FT8(R) Gas Turbines
Posted on: Friday, 23 February 2007, 12:01 CST
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, a United Technologies Corp. company, signed an agreement with Nevada Power Co. to provide 12 60-megawatt Pratt & Whitney Power Systems FT8(R) SWIFTPAC(R) gas turbines for the Clark Station Power Plant in Las Vegas, Nevada. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The units will maintain the power needs of Nevada during peak energy seasons and will support emergency generation. The first SWIFTPAC(R) is scheduled for delivery in October. All are scheduled to be ready for operation by the summer of 2008.
"We are delighted to have been chosen to provide a reliable and economic power solution to support the customers of southern Nevada," said Peter Christman, president of Pratt & Whitney Power Systems. "The SWIFTPAC has a successful track record designed to provide quick, reliable and environmentally friendly power as a low-cost solution for Nevada's peaking power needs."
The FT8 series is a derivative of Pratt & Whitney's JT8D aircraft engine, one of the most successful in aviation history. The FT8 gas turbine leverages the experience of the JT8D while incorporating updated technologies to produce power with less noise, lower emissions and higher base-load and part-load efficiency using natural gas fuel. The FT8 has been in production since 1991 and operates at more than 70 customer sites around the world, with more than 300 units installed or on order. The FT8 has a fleet reliability level of greater than 98 percent and has accumulated more than two million hours of operation.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high-technology products and services to the global aerospace and building industries.
Jennifer Arsenault Pratt & Whitney Tel: 860.565.9600 jennifer.arsenault@pw.utc.com Suzanne Child P&W Power Systems Tel: 860.557.0809 suzanne.child@pw.utc.com
Pratt & Whitney
CONTACT: Jennifer Arsenault of Pratt & Whitney, +1-860-565-9600, orjennifer.arsenault@pw.utc.com; or Suzanne Child of P&W Power Systems,+1-860-557-0809, or suzanne.child@pw.utc.com
Web site: http://www.pratt-whitney.com/
Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall
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