Riverside Gets State of the Art Generating Technology

Calling it one of the "most efficient and advanced machines of its type in the world", GE has shipped the first of two new, state of the art, "7H" gas turbines to Riverside for use in the Inland Empire Energy Center, which is set to come on line in 2008.

According to a company press release:

Operating on natural gas, the two GE 107 H combined-cycle units at Inland Empire will produce enough power to supply nearly 600,000 households while reducing future carbon dioxide emissions by more than 146,000 tons a year, compared to a typical gas-fired power plant of a similar size. The new power plant is expected to enter commercial service by the summer of 2008, in time to help offset state-forecasted energy shortfalls in Southern California.