| 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. |
