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Projects
A consortium of Bechtel Power Corporation and Siemens Energy, Inc. built Panda Temple I and Panda Temple II, two 758-megawatt combined-cycle power plants fueled by clean-burning natural gas.
Bechtel was responsible for project management, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the twin Temple, plants in Texas.
The Bechtel-Siemens consortium also designed and built the Panda Sherman Generating Station, another 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled combined-cycle plant, an hour’s drive north of Dallas. Groundbreaking for Temple I took place in September 2012. Temple I began commercial operation in 2014 and Temple II in 2015.
The two facilities are strategically sited along the Texas half of the Interstate 35 corridor, one of the 10 most concentrated, and rapidly growing, population centers in the United States. Approximately 45 percent of Texas’ 21 million citizens live within 50 miles (80 kilometers) of Interstate 35.
The Panda Temple facilities are among the cleanest, natural gas-fueled combined-cycle power plants in the United States. These zero-discharge plants also rely heavily on recycled water.
According to Panda Power Funds, Temple I and II will:
The North Texas Council of Governments has forecast that, by 2030 the population of North Texas will grow from 6.6 million to more than 9 million people. This equates to, among other developments drawing electricity, some:
Burgeoning wind generation and solar energy programs in Texas require natural gas-fueled backup generation. The two Panda Temple power plants support the development of additional renewable generation by closing the generating gap caused by sudden drop-offs in renewable energy. They will quickly fill the void when renewable energy output suddenly drops on account of wind dying down or clouds obscuring the sun.
In addition, the Panda Temple plants boast quick-start turbines that quickly ramp up to 50 percent power production in just 30 minutes.
Ohio, U.S.
2010
Working with two other companies, Bechtel successfully installed a state-of-the-art air-quality control system for the W.H Sammis Power Plant, coal-fired power complex.
Florida, U.S.
2013
Bechtel performed uprates on a total of four nuclear generating units at Turkey Point and its sister facility, St. Lucie, representing one of the largest uprate projects performed in U.S. history.
Washington, U.S.
2007
In 2007, a Bechtel joint venture with Kiewit Pacific completed the longest U.S. suspension bridge built in four decades—the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It is the third bridge to cross Puget Sound from Tacoma to Gig Harbor.
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