Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) will build a second generating unit at the company's Trimble County facility. The new generating unit, TC2, will be a 750 MW super-critical, pulverized coal-fired unit with world-class environmental controls. The new TC2 unit will be powered by an advanced super-critical pulverized coal boiler and steam turbine generator that includes the latest technological advances in efficiency and environmental controls.
LG&E and Bechtel Power Corp, the EPC contractor, selected Hitachi to provide the Steam Turbine Generator Boiler Feed Pump Turbine Drives, Generator Circuit Breakers, and SCR. Commercial operations is expected in the first quarter of 2010.