The 35-acre project is part of a 665-acre parcel in Buckingham County and already has air and water permits for a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station. Dominion plans to build a unit in which two gas turbines generate electricity and exhaust heat produces steam to generate additional electricity.
The development project is located about 1.5 miles southeast of New Canton in Buckingham County, and across the James river from Dominion’s existing coal-fired Bremo power station. The purchase price has not been disclosed.
Thomas Farrell II, chairman and CEO, said: Our Virginia customers are projected to need at least 4,000MW of additional electric capacity during the next decade, even after taking conservation efforts into account. To meet this demand, this power station will be a component of a balanced mix, along with other new generation and new technologies.
