News Mitsubishi Power-equipped combined-cycle plant now online in Alabama Clarion Energy Content Directors 10.24.2023 Share PowerSouth Energy Cooperative’s Lowman Energy Center (LEC) is now online in Leroy, Alabama. The 693 MW combined-cycle plant is equipped with Mitsubishi Power’s M501JAC air-cooled gas turbine. LEC also includes a steam turbine and a Vogt three pressure reheat heat recovery steam generator in a 1 x 1 multi-shaft configuration. Mitsubishi Power will also provide service and maintenance for the turbine under a long-term service agreement. The LEC, which began construction in 2020, replaces the now-retired 556 MW Charles R. Lowman coal-fired power plant. The retired plant came online in 1969. PowerSouth’s members are located in Alabama and Northwest Florida. Other natural gas-fired assets owned by the co-op include the McIntosh Plant (McIntosh, Alabama), McWilliams and Vann (both in Gantt, Alabama). Related Articles Babcock & Wilcox receives $246 million contract for coal-to-gas project Michigan regulators reject Consumers Energy proposal to exit biomass plant PPAs early Navigating the transition: Insights from Siemens Energy North America President Rich Voorberg Hydropower investment opportunities in U.S. remain untapped, per NREL report
