Entergy Louisiana inaugurates new power station
Entergy Louisiana has inaugurated the St. Charles Power Station.
The 980-megawatt power station is one of the cleanest natural gas-powered plants in
Entergy Louisiana’s fleet.
Combined-cycle gas turbine units like the St. Charles facility emit on
average about 40% less carbon dioxide than Entergy’s older natural gas-powered units.
“The St. Charles Power Station will supply reliable, clean energy to customers to help
support the tremendous growth Louisiana is experiencing,” said Phillip May, president and CEO of
Entergy Louisiana.
“This combined-cycle plant is one part of our transformation to cleaner, more
efficient generation. Replacing older, less efficient plants with new, cleaner natural gas units will
improve system reliability, reduce environmental impacts and produce substantial customer savings
over the long term.”
Because of the plant’s high efficiency, it is projected that customers will save more than
$1.3 billion over the anticipated 30-year life of the unit.
Customer savings are expected to exceed
the plant’s construction cost in less than 10 years.
Source: Entergy Press Release
Photo (for illustrative purposes): Combined Cycle Gas Fired Power Plant / People powered by energy / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0
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