Russell City Energy Center

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Russell City Energy Center
Russell City Energy Center
Official nameRussell City Energy Center
CountryUnited States
Location Hayward, Alameda County
Coordinates 37°38′05″N122°08′01″W / 37.63459°N 122.13368°W / 37.63459; -122.13368
StatusOperational
Construction beganSeptember 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)
Commission date August 8, 2013 (2013-08-08)
Owner(s) Calpine(75%)
GE Energy Financial Services(25%)
Operator(s)Calpine
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Natural gas
Combined cycle?Yes
Power generation
Units operational2 × 200 MW
1 × 235 MW
Make and model Siemens Westinghouse 501 FD
Nameplate capacity 635 MW
Annual net output 787 GW·h (2016)
External links
Website www.calpine.com/russell-city-energy-center

The Russell City Energy Center (RCEC) is a 619-megawatt natural gas-fired power station, which began operating in August 2013. It is operated by Calpine, and is located in Hayward, California. [1] It is named for Russell City and is built on that community's former landfill site.

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History

In 2001, the Calpine energy corporation developed plans to build a 619 megawatt power plant, the Russell City Energy Center, at the city's former location. The plant broke ground in late 2010. The plant borders the City of Hayward Waste Water Pollution Control Facility and property owned by East Bay Discharge Authority near the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and the Hayward Regional Shoreline.

The Russell City Energy Center is the nation’s first power plant to receive a federal air permit that includes a voluntary limit on greenhouse gas emissions. [2] A Federal Appeals Court, in May 2012, denied an environmental claim by nearby Chabot College. [3] [4] The plant went online in August 2013, and its full output of electricity is sold to Pacific Gas and Electric Company under a 10-year contract. [2] [5] Calpine Corporation owns 75% of the plant's peak dispatchable capacity, or 464 megawatts, and GE Energy Financial Services owns the balance. [3]

On May 27 2021 an explosion at the plant shut down energy production. The city of Hayward is opposing the reopening until more is known about the cause. [6]

Design and specifications

The power train consists of two Siemens Westinghouse 501 FD Phase 2 combustion turbine generators (CTG), each 200 MW maximum and each followed by a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). The two HRSGs are heated from the CTG exhaust gases to generate steam. The generated steam is let in a single steam turbine generator (STG) of 235 MW maximum. Resulting peak output is 635 MW gross.

Under baseload operation, the output is 184 MW gross from each gas-turbine and 198 MW gross for the steam-turbine, adding to 567 MW gross of which 14 MW consumed by the auxiliary equipment, yielding a 553 MW net output.

The two CTGs output the power at 15 kV, the STG at 18 kV, output which is connected to individual oil-filled generator step-up transformers, increasing voltage to 230 kV. The auxiliary equipment motors are operated at 4,160 volts and the balance power distribution is operated at 480 volts and 277 volts for the lighting loads. [7]

Production

Russell City Energy Center's production is as follows. [8]

YearGW·h
20131.522
20142,247
20152.899
2016787

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