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Summary
Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO) proudly announces the addition of a GE LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine generator to its Central Plant in Houston. The new gas turbine enhances TECO’s on-site power generation capabilities, further seeing that its plant can reliably produce thermal services for its Texas Medical Center (TMC) customers based on their projected institution growth and load demand increases.
The organization currently distributes steam and/or chilled water to 51 buildings at 16 customer institutions on the TMC campus. Among them: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, Memorial Hermann, and Houston Methodist, among other exceptional entities.
This pivotal addition was initiated in TECO’s 2021 Master Plan update — completed by Burns & McDonnell — which identified current and future projects that meet the organization’s short- and long-term requirements. With the new gas turbine, a project designed by Burns & McDonnell, TECO’s plant can self-generate all of the power required to supply thermal utilities to its customers at peak loading.
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