Case Study
Lea County Power Generation Plant
The Lea County power generation facility, opened in Lovington, New Mexico, included five generating sets run by natural gas. This type of Wartsila power plant was designed and constructed in 75% of the time necessary to complete a simple cycle turbine plant. The facility’s features include the ability to reach full plant output in five minutes, the capability of providing 25% of power in two minutes, the highest simple cycle efficiency avail