Upstate Pennsylvania will soon see two natural gas power plants in operation
Friday, July 8, 2016
The Patriot-News reports that upstate Pennsylvania will soon see two new natural gas power plants that can each power one million homes. Both plants are operated by Panda Power Funds of Dallas, Texas.
The Liberty plant in Towanda, Bradford County, and the Patriot plant in Montgomery, Lycoming County, are both 829-megawatt plants. One generator at the Liberty plant is running. The Patriot plant has two generators, and both have passed emissions tests.
According to the source, Panda Power Funds is converting a coal-fired plant into its third natural gas powered plant in Pennsylvania.
Read more: The Patriot-News > Two Pa. natural gas-fueled power plants soon to be operational
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Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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