Panda Liberty Generation Plant

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Panda Liberty Generation Plant is an operating power station of at least 870-megawatts (MW) in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Panda Liberty Generation Plant Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States 41.7675, -76.39 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit GEN1, Unit GEN2: 41.7675, -76.39

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit GEN1 operating[1] fossil gas - natural gas[1] 435[1] combined cycle[1] 2016[1]
Unit GEN2 operating[1] fossil gas - natural gas[1] 435[1] combined cycle[1] 2016[1]

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 GEN1 Hamilton Liberty O&M LLC [100.0%]
Unit GEN2 Hamilton Liberty O&M LLC [100.0%]

Background

The private equity firm Carlyle Group acquired the Panda Liberty Generation Plant in March of 2021[2], and as of 2022 still owns it . More information about this deal can be found on GEM's "Carlyle's Private Equity Investments" Wiki page.

During the time Carlyle has owned Panda Liberty, available EPA emissions data[3] are as follows:

Total CO2 emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2021
1866586
Methane emissions (Tonnes CO2e) 2021
865

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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)
  2. "Cogentrix Embraces the Sealed Deal: Carlyle's Full Ownership of Hamilton Portfolio". Cogentrix.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "GHG Facility Details - Hamilton Liberty LLC". ghgdata.epa.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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