Remove Conversion Remove Engine Remove Philadelphia Remove Water
article thumbnail

Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

Green Car Congress

Panda Power Funds has financed the 1,124 megawatt Panda “Hummel Station” power plant—one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power conversion projects in the United States. Bechtel will be responsible for the engineering and procurement for the balance of the plant, and the installation, construction and commissioning of the facility.

Coal 150
article thumbnail

Panda Power Funds jointly to develop 1,000 MW coal to natural gas conversion project; Marcellus Shale gas

Green Car Congress

The Hummel Generating Station will also use 97% less water for cooling purposes than the retired coal-fired Sunbury plant. To date, Hummel Station is expected to be one of the largest coal to natural gas conversion projects in the United States. The project has also received its water use and land development permits.

Coal 150
article thumbnail

This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

Cars That Think

On 23 October 1916, an engineer named Henry E. He graduated from MIT in 1894 with a degree in electrical engineering, and within the year he (along with his friend George C. Warren went on to work in Michigan as an engineer for the Saginaw Valley Traction Co.,