501 F&G Users Group

The 501G Users Group only serves owner/operators of Siemens/Westinghouse engines. Users supporting G machines made by Mitsubishi Power are not typically members. This differs from the 501F Users Group, where owner/operators of all 501F engines share experiences. The 501G is a small organization of well-connected engineers and technicians who have “grown up” together—so to speak—and […]

2024 501F BEST PRACTICES AWARDS: BEST OF THE BEST Anti-icing system prevents snow-related derates, outages The road to reliable ultrafiltration Experience upgrading Siemens’ T3000 V9.2 CPV Valley Energy Center Owned by CPV/Diamond Generating Corp Managed by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by DGC Operations LLC 680 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 SGT6-5000-powered combined cycle, located in

2024 501F BEST PRACTICES AWARDS: BEST OF THE BEST Anti-icing system prevents snow-related derates, outages The road to reliable ultrafiltration Experience upgrading Siemens’ T3000 V9.2 CPV Valley Energy Center Owned by CPV/Diamond Generating Corp Managed by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by DGC Operations LLC 680 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 SGT6-5000-powered combined cycle, located in

2024 501F BEST PRACTICES AWARDS: BEST OF THE BEST Anti-icing system prevents snow-related derates, outages The road to reliable ultrafiltration Experience upgrading Siemens’ T3000 V9.2 CPV Valley Energy Center Owned by CPV/Diamond Generating Corp Managed by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by DGC Operations LLC 680 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 SGT6-5000-powered combined cycle, located in

2024 501G BEST PRACTICES AWARDS Millennium Generating Plant Owned by Beal Bank Operated by NAES Corp 360 MW, gas-fired 1 × 1 combined cycle equipped with the first Siemens 501G engine to begin commercial operation, located in Charlton, Mass Plant manager: Max Greig Background. The Millennium W501G is equipped with steam-cooled transition pieces which allow

Athens Generating Plant Owned by Kelson Energy Operated by NAES Corp 1080 MW, gas-fired facility equipped with three 501G-powered 1 × 1 combined cycles, located in Athens, NY Plant manager: Steve Cole Mod eliminates doubts regarding the accuracy of vibration readings Challenge. New Athens Generating has had issues in the past with vibration readings on

2024 501F BEST PRACTICES AWARDS  Red Oak Power Owned by TigerGenCo Operated by NAES Corp 776 MW, gas-fired 3 × 1 combined cycle equipped with Siemens 501FD engines, Foster Wheeler HRSGs, and a Toshiba triple-pressure reheat steam turbine Plant manager: Dave Carroll Editor’s note: Before reading this Best Practice, consider perusing CCJ’s backgrounder on Arnold

CPV Valley Energy Center Owned by CPV/Diamond Generating Corp Managed by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by DGC Operations LLC 680 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 SGT6-5000-powered combined cycle, located in Middletown, NY Plant manager: Michael Baier Overcoming unique challenges to optimize ACC performance Challenge. At first glance, the air-cooled condenser (ACC) at Valley Energy Center

  Owner/operators of Siemens Energy/Westinghouse Electric Corp 501F and 501G gas turbines co-locate at the Peppermill Resort and Spa in Reno, Nev, for their 2023 conferences, Sunday Feb 19 through noon Thursday Feb 23. The last time these two organizations shared the same in-person venue was in February 2020 at the Hilton West Palm Beach,