Temple Combined Cycle-Panda Power Funds

GE to supply Zero Liquid Discharge Systems to Panda Temple

GE is installing its zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater treatment system at two 758 MW combined cycle natural gas-fired power plants in Texas. The Panda Sherman and Panda Temple plants are expected to reduce incoming water needs by recycling and reusing more than 98 percent of its own cooling tower wastewater. Once commissioned, the Temple plant will use treated water from a nearby wastewater treatment plant, while the Sherman plant will use Lake Texoma. The ZLD systems will treat 450 gallons per minute of water for each power plant. GE will provide a brine concentrator and crystallizer for the Sherman plant and a brine concentrator for the Temple plant. Panda Power expects to have them in operation by the end of 2014.

Panda Temple breaks Ground Sept. 2012

September 6, 2012 – Bechtel, along with representatives from Panda Temple Power, LLC, an affiliate of Panda Power Funds, Siemens, and federal, state, and local dignitaries today celebrated the groundbreaking of the Panda Temple Project. The power plant, located in Temple, Texas, will be one of the cleanest natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plants in the United States. Bechtel and Siemens have formed a consortium to design and build the new combined-cycle power plant, which will generate 758 megawatts of electricity and power approximately 750,000 homes. Engineering, procurement, and manufacturing activities are already underway, and construction has begun.

“Bechtel is one of the largest employers of craft construction professionals in Texas and has hired more than 32,000 workers in the last 15 years,” said Jeff Brightman, president of Bechtel’s fossil business line. “We look forward to continuing our work in Texas putting skilled craft to work to complete this important project.”

The state-of-the-art facility will use the most advanced emissions-control technology, making it one of the cleanest, most efficient natural gas-fueled power plants in the nation. Commercial operations of the plant are expected to begin in 2014.

Bechtel Main office--San Francisco, California
Tel: (415) 768-1234
Fax: (415) 768-9038

First Entry Date: 4/1/2011
Revision Date: 8/1/2012

Location: TX Bell County
Startup Date: 2015
Size: 650 MW
Primary Fuel: Gas
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Description:
Construction to begin in 2011. 8/12 broke ground.