Floating power station barges for U.S. energy company
Two floating power stations, equipped with four Siemens SGT-A65 gas turbines (Source: Siemens)
U.S. energy company Astoria Generating Company and German group Siemens have signed a contract for the construction of two SeaFloat power barges to be operated in New York. They will be equipped with eight Siemens SGT-A65 gas turbines. The barges will replace four existing power barges located at the Gowanus Generating Station in New York City, resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production.
Siemens will preinstall the power generating facilities on two newly constructed floating barges with a generation capacity of about 300 MW each. Equipping the station with SGT-A65 gas turbines and generators will improve the plants’ power generating efficiency by nearly 50% while significantly reducing potential emissions of pollutants like carbon dioxide and monoxide while using the existing gas infrastructure, Siemens said. The four-barge Gowanus Station, with a current generation capacity of 640 MW, was originally installed in the early 1970s and is approaching the end of its service life.
