Largest gas-fired plant in Pennsylvania begins operations
Thursday, January 24, 2019
The largest gas-fired power plant in Pennsylvania is now online, according to Kallanish Energy.
Last week, Chicago-based Invenergy began operations at its $1.25 billion Lackawanna Energy Center, a 1,485-megawatt, natural gas-fired power plant near Scranton, Pennsylvania. The plant is the company’s biggest project ever.
The combined-cycle electric generation facility has the capacity to power more than 1 million American homes, the Invenergy said, in a statement.
All of the natural gas for the plant is coming from Cabot Oil & Gas.
Learn more: Kallanish Energy > Invenergy’s new Pennsylvania gas-fired plant online
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