Alamitos energy center

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Alamitos energy center is an operating power station of at least 1793-megawatts (MW) in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. It is also known as Alamitos generating station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Alamitos energy center Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States 33.767229, -118.1002 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit CCT1: 33.767229, -118.1002

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 3 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 310[2] steam turbine[2] 1961[3] 2026 (planned)[4][2][5][6]
Unit 4 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 310[2] steam turbine[2] 1962[3] 2026 (planned)[4][2][5][6]
Unit 5 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 495[2] steam turbine[2] 1964[3] 2026 (planned)[4][2][5][6]
Unit CCT1 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 678[2] combined cycle[2] 2020[3]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 3 AES Alamitos LLC [100.0%]
Unit 4 AES Alamitos LLC [100.0%]
Unit 5 AES Alamitos LLC [100.0%]
Unit CCT1 AES Alamitos Energy LLC [65.0%], Ullico Infrastructure Southland Borrower LLC [35.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20230122152327/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/xls/november_generator2022.xlsx. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 https://web.archive.org/web/20230918190319/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/archive/xls/may_generator2023.xlsx. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20200612191408/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/archive/xls/november_generator2019.xlsx. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220901041507/https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/cwa316/saccwis/docs/21draftreport.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 01 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221028021258/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210917163559/https://www.newsdata.com/california_energy_markets/regulation_status/water-board-approves-extension-of-natural-gas-plant-retirement-dates/article_cf3619d8-eedc-11ea-ae0c-f32f35191ace.html. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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