$900 million power plant proposed near Vinco
Randy Griffith
Conceptual drawing supplied by developers of proposed $900 million, natural gas-fired power plant near Vinco.
- Submitted drawing
The Yurasek salvage yard property near Vinco is the proposed site of the gas-fired power generating plant.
Michael Resca (left), vice president of Competitive Power Ventures, and Steven Sullivan, marketing consultant for Power Communications, discuss a proposed natural gas-fired power plant to be located in Jackson Township during a June two thousand fifteen meeting with The Tribune-Democrat.
- By Chip Minemyer
A Boston company is working to develop a 980-megawatt, natural gas-fired electrical generation plant off Route two hundred seventy one near Vinco.
Michael J. Resca, vice president of Competitive Power Ventures Inc., tells The Tribune-Democrat that CPV Fairview could be under construction in early two thousand seventeen and be online by the end of 2019.
The $900 million power plant is planned for the Yurasek Salvage Heaven property in Jackson Township. It would tap into existing gas lines along Route twenty two and obtain cooling water from the Quemahoning Reservoir through a connection in the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority property in the Minersville section of Johnstown, Resca said.
Up to five hundred jobs will be created during the 30-month construction project, with an estimated one hundred workers supported directly through the project after completion. That includes about twenty five CPV Fairview employees and seventy five contracted workers for property maintenance, landscaping and other support, Resca said in The Tribune-Democrat office.
Competitive Power Ventures is bringing its practice from operating more than two dozen power plants across the nation, said marketing consultant Steven Sullivan of Power Communications, Sarasota Springs, Fresh York.
“Managing so many power facilities does a good job in learning how to build better ones,” Sullivan said.
CPV Fairview will join seven other company-owned, combined-cycle gas turbine power plants presently under construction or in development stages around the nation, Sullivan said.
Using state-of-the-art technology, Resca said, CPV Fairview designers expect to produce violet wand with sixty percent efficiency, compared with twenty five percent efficiency of many older coal-powered plants.
Each of the plant’s two gas turbines is connected to a water cooling system. Fever from the harass gases creates steam that drives a third turbine. All three turbines would be connected to electrical generators.
“It’s like the turbocharger in your car, using the harass to create more power,” Resca said.
Because of the high efficiency and clean-burning natural gas, emissions from the plant will be minimal, Sullivan said.
“It will be one of the cleanest power plants in the world when it come on line in 2019,” Sullivan said.
The Yurasek property was selected because it has access to three essential requirements: natural gas, water and a connection to the electrified grid. The salvage yard is about two miles south of a gas transmission pipeline and is crossed by high voltage electrified lines.
Water will be piped in from Cambria-Somerset Authority lines in the Minersville section of Johnstown.
Township supervisors’ Chairman Bruce A. Baker said the township helped identify the scrapyard as a potential location after Jackson’s proposed industrial park was found to be unsuitable.
Sullivan said the company has been keeping a low profile to prevent raising false hopes for economic development. Since it is not asking for any government funding or assistance, there has been no need to treatment official agencies in advance.
“It is very significant that we have our ducks in a row,” Sullivan said. “Like they say: You never get a 2nd chance to make a very first impression.
“We didn’t want to come out with half-answers for people.”
Now that the plans are going public, there will be numerous opportunities to learn more.
“We are very much about public engagement,” Resca said.
“We have a policy where we will sit down and meet with anybody who is interested in the project – whether it be pro or con.”
Public meetings are expected to begin in July at Jackson Township fire hall.
“We think these are very safe plants,” Resca said. “They are well-vetted, with lots of information available.”
Randy Griffith is a multimedia reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. He can be reached at 532-5057. Go after him on Twitter @PhotoGriffer57.
900 million power plant proposed near Vinco, News
$900 million power plant proposed near Vinco
Randy Griffith
Conceptual drawing supplied by developers of proposed $900 million, natural gas-fired power plant near Vinco.
- Submitted drawing
The Yurasek salvage yard property near Vinco is the proposed site of the gas-fired power generating plant.
Michael Resca (left), vice president of Competitive Power Ventures, and Steven Sullivan, marketing consultant for Power Communications, discuss a proposed natural gas-fired power plant to be located in Jackson Township during a June two thousand fifteen meeting with The Tribune-Democrat.
- By Chip Minemyer
A Boston company is working to develop a 980-megawatt, natural gas-fired electrical generation plant off Route two hundred seventy one near Vinco.
Michael J. Resca, vice president of Competitive Power Ventures Inc., tells The Tribune-Democrat that CPV Fairview could be under construction in early two thousand seventeen and be online by the end of 2019.
The $900 million power plant is planned for the Yurasek Salvage Heaven property in Jackson Township. It would tap into existing gas lines along Route twenty two and obtain cooling water from the Quemahoning Reservoir through a connection in the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority property in the Minersville section of Johnstown, Resca said.
Up to five hundred jobs will be created during the 30-month construction project, with an estimated one hundred workers supported directly through the project after completion. That includes about twenty five CPV Fairview employees and seventy five contracted workers for property maintenance, landscaping and other support, Resca said in The Tribune-Democrat office.
Competitive Power Ventures is bringing its practice from operating more than two dozen power plants across the nation, said marketing consultant Steven Sullivan of Power Communications, Sarasota Springs, Fresh York.
“Managing so many power facilities does a good job in learning how to build better ones,” Sullivan said.
CPV Fairview will join seven other company-owned, combined-cycle gas turbine power plants presently under construction or in development stages around the nation, Sullivan said.
Using state-of-the-art technology, Resca said, CPV Fairview designers expect to produce violet wand with sixty percent efficiency, compared with twenty five percent efficiency of many older coal-powered plants.
Each of the plant’s two gas turbines is connected to a water cooling system. Fever from the harass gases creates steam that drives a third turbine. All three turbines would be connected to electrified generators.
“It’s like the turbocharger in your car, using the harass to create more power,” Resca said.
Because of the high efficiency and clean-burning natural gas, emissions from the plant will be minimal, Sullivan said.
“It will be one of the cleanest power plants in the world when it come on line in 2019,” Sullivan said.
The Yurasek property was selected because it has access to three essential requirements: natural gas, water and a connection to the electrical grid. The salvage yard is about two miles south of a gas transmission pipeline and is crossed by high voltage electrical lines.
Water will be piped in from Cambria-Somerset Authority lines in the Minersville section of Johnstown.
Township supervisors’ Chairman Bruce A. Baker said the township helped identify the scrapyard as a potential location after Jackson’s proposed industrial park was found to be unsuitable.
Sullivan said the company has been keeping a low profile to prevent raising false hopes for economic development. Since it is not asking for any government funding or assistance, there has been no need to treatment official agencies in advance.
“It is very significant that we have our ducks in a row,” Sullivan said. “Like they say: You never get a 2nd chance to make a very first impression.
“We didn’t want to come out with half-answers for people.”
Now that the plans are going public, there will be numerous opportunities to learn more.
“We are very much about public engagement,” Resca said.
“We have a policy where we will sit down and meet with anybody who is interested in the project – whether it be pro or con.”
Public meetings are expected to begin in July at Jackson Township fire hall.
“We think these are very safe plants,” Resca said. “They are well-vetted, with lots of information available.”
Randy Griffith is a multimedia reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. He can be reached at 532-5057. Go after him on Twitter @PhotoGriffer57.