9/1/2010
Construction of Xcel Energy’s new, highly effi cient, coal-fi red electric generating unit at Comanche Station in Pueblo, CO, was completed last year with the assistance of Scheck Mechanical Corporation. Scheck was contracted by The Shaw Group out of Baton Rouge, LA, to support them in completion of the facility.
The 750-megawatt Comanche Unit 3 (Comanche 3) will join the two existing units at Comanche Station to produce more than 1,400 megawatts of power, making Comanche Station Xcel Energy’s largest power plant in Colorado. Comanche 3 also is Colorado’s first advanced, supercritical unit, which means it will generate a megawatt of electricity using less coal. Comanche Station’s three units are capable of meeting the electricity needs of more than 1 million customers. In addition, Comanche 3 will provide fl exibility to retire two older, less effi cient Colorado coal-fi red plants.
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