CPV vice-president Michael Vesca was quoted by local media as saying that company plans to begin construction of the 980MW natural gas-fired electrical generation plant in 2017.
Planned to be developed in the Yurasek Salvage Heaven property in Jackson Township, the facility will utilize the existing natural gas lines, transmission lines and cooling water from the Quemahoning dam.
The facility will provide electricity required to power 900,000 homes in the region, and is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2019.
Resca told WJAC-TV: "We’ll have two natural gas combustion turbines which will burn natural gas, generate electricity, also the exhaust coming of those turbines will be captured to produce steam and steam is actually pushed to a steam electric turbine generator which really drives the efficiency of these types of facilities."
The project, which would create 500 jobs during construction phase, will generate electricity with 60% efficiency.
"Once the facility is operating, we’re looking at about 25 direct jobs to operate the facility and then about 75 contractual jobs that go into maintenance and upkeep of the overall grounds facility itself," Resca noted.
