Temple Combined Cycle Expansion-Panda Power

Alert 1119     Siemens and Bechtel to build 758 Temple Natural Gas-fired Power Plant Expansion

Panda Power Funds completed financing on a 758 MW expansion of its natural gas-fueled combined cycle power plant currently under construction in Temple, Texas. When completed, the Temple I and II generating stations will have a combined capacity of 1,516 MW. The Temple II facility is scheduled to enter commercial operation by the summer of 2015. Panda Power Funds selected a turnkey consortium of Bechtel and Siemens Energy to build the Temple II facility. As a part of the contract, Siemens will provide the power island package including the natural gas turbines, steam turbine, waste heat recovery boilers, and instrument and control systems. Bechtel will be responsible for the engineering and procurement for the balance of the plant, and the installation, construction and commissioning of the facility.

The power station will be a Siemens Flex-Plant™ 30, which offers particularly high efficiency and operational flexibility. Power generation can commence within ten minutes of startup, and full base-load power production in less than one hour. Siemens’ technology will reduce emissions, allow rapid response to changing market conditions, and enable added investment in intermittent renewable and zero-carbon resources.