Humboldt Bay, USA The Plant is located in Humboldt County near Eureka in northern California. PG&E selected Wärtsilä's technology in order to repower their existing Humboldt Bay plant. When compared to the existing 50 year old PG&E plant, the new facility will be 33% more efficient with 85% fewer ozone forming compounds and a 34% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions production.
The new facility will consist of 10 Wärtsilä 18V50DF lean-burn dual-fuel engines delivered on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis. The engines will be fuelled by natural gas, and will be capable of using ultra low sulphur diesel as a back-up during times of natural gas curtailment. The Plant is capable of producing enough electricity to serve approximately 125,000 homes.
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Name: Humboldt Bay Power Plant Type: Grid Baseload, Gas Power Plant Location: Humboldt Bay, Eureka, California, USA Owner: Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Delivered: 2010 Engines: 10 x Wärtsilä 18V50DF
Total Electrical Output: 162.7 MW
