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 The
recently completed Magnolia Power Project is a clean, high-efficiency,
combined-cycle unit on three acres of the Burbank Water & Power
generating station complex adjacent to Magnolia Boulevard.
Two decommissioned plants, Magnolia Units 1 and 2, were removed
prior to installation of a combustion turbine-generator, heat-recovery
steam-generator and exhaust stack over a 30-month
period. The new plant is twice as efficient and produces 90% less
emissions than
the old units.
Magnolia utilizes state-of-the-art combined-cycle electric generation
technology. The facility includes a combustion turbine generator,
heat recovery steam generator, steam turbine generator, cooling
towers, a zero liquid discharge system, and the control and services
building and stack.
The
unit is expected to operate in a base-load mode (8,000 hours
per year or more) between
120 and 242 megawatts,
and be staffed
by Burbank Water & Power personnel on a 24-hour basis. During
periods of high electricity demand such as hot summer days, the
unit can be operated up to 310 megawatts.
Magnolia Power Project operation will now improve regional electric
reliability since it will dramatically increases the amount of
local generation which is not dependent on long-distance interstate
transmission lines.
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