Guernsey Power Station

Guernsey Power Station is a planned gas-fired power plant under construction in Guernsey County, Ohio south of Byesville. When completed in 2022, it is planned to generate 1.875 GW of power, enough to power 1.5 million homes. When completed it will be the 69th largest power station in the United States.

Guernsey Power Station
CountryUnited States
LocationValley Township, Ohio
Coordinates39°56′15″N 81°32′06.1″W
StatusUnder Construction
Construction began2019
Owner(s)Caithess Energy
Apex Power Group
Employees30 - planned
Combined cycle?Yes
Power generation
Make and modelGE 7HA.02 Gas Turbine
Units planned3 x 600 MW
External links
Websitehttps://guernseypowerstation.com/

History

Regulatory filings were originally submitted in 2016 to take advantage of decreasing natural gas costs, but construction was delayed until 3rd quarter 2019.[1] [2] The power plant sits atop a former coal mine, and was selected in part due to its proximity to the Rockies Express East natural gas pipeline running from Ohio to Missouri.[3][4]

Construction is expected to create up to 1,000 jobs. Taxes paid during construction will also pay for new buildings at Meadowbrook High School.[5] In June 2020, local union construction workers protested the use of out-of-state non-union workers on the project instead of the completely local workforce promised. A company spokesperson denied the allegations.[6]

The first unit is scheduled to go online in September 2022.[7]

Operation

GPS will receive its natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in eastern Ohio.[3]

Power will be generated by three advanced combined-cycle GE 7HA.02 gas turbines.[8] Water for operation will be provided by Byesville which will then process the wastewater.[3]

References
  1. "ECONOMIC BENEFITS/COMMUNITY". guernseypowerstation.org. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  2. Cocklin, James (2019-09-04). "Massive Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Moving Forward in Ohio". Natural Gas Intelligence. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  3. "Guernsey Power Station, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA". nsenergybuisness.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  4. Grant, Julie (2020-12-28). "An Ohio couple eyed retirement and their racehorses. Then a natural gas power plant moved in, and it all changed". StateImpact Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  5. "$1.6B financing obtained for Guernsey Power Station". The Daily Jeffersonian. 2019-08-30. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  6. GARABRANDT, KRISTI R. (2020-05-01). "'We got plenty of local help': Local laborers protest out-of-state workers at power plant". The Daily Jeffersonian. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  7. "Electric Power Monthly - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  8. "Caithness Energy Orders GE's HA Gas Turbines for Guernsey Power Station in Ohio". 2019-09-09. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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