The Branford Group, in partnership with General Electric and Chain Asset Management, has announced a Private Treaty sale offering of GE Power’s 60-Hz 800MW H-class gas-fired combined cycle station at the Inland Empire Energy Center in California.
All negotiations for the plant and equipment are being managed by Branford who acts as the agent between the buyer and the seller, allowing both parties to mutually agree upon a price. Branford will also arrange plant visits and inspections.
The steam-cooled H-class combined cycle Inland facility is built around two natural gas-fired combined cycle units each rated at 400MW net output and 60.0% net plant efficiency. Each unit is powered by a single 279MW General Electric PG7251FB gas turbine, unfired heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and 137MW steam turbine generator in a 1×1 configuration.
Unit 1 began commercial operation in 2009 and is still in service. To be shut down the end of this year. To date the gas-fired plant has logged 150 fired starts and 40,276 fired hours of operation.
Unit 2 began commercial operation in May 2010, was shut down and mothballed in March 2017 less than seven years into its life cycle. This plant logged 86 fired starts and 22,189 fired hours of operation.
Besides the two GE gas turbine generators and HRSGs, the combined cycle power blocks include:
- two 3600-rpm Toshiba steam turbines, double flow type with exhaust reheat condensing, rated at 137,200 kW,
- two 60-Hz Toshiba 455 MVA generators,
- two 350-ton Trane gas turbine air inlet flow chillers, and
- miscellaneous spares, auxiliary systems, control center, switchgear, site support and servicing equipment.
The offer deadline for this Private Treaty sale is scheduled for December 31, 2019. If the Inland plant is not purchased in its entirety, the combined cycle machinery and equipment will be sold separately via online auction scheduled for 2020.
Either way, the offering provides buyers with a rare opportunity to upgrade their outdated power generation capabilities with newer more efficient capacity at a reduced price. And to acquire separate steam turbines, generators, HRSGs and chillers for new greenfield projects.
