How does the Riverside Energy Resource Center make electricity?
The power plant is built around two General Electric LM6000 combustion turbines. These turbines are used around the world in power plants and airplanes (such as the Boeing 757 and 767). Each LM6000 drives an electrical generator that produces about 48 megawatts (enough for about 480,000 100 watt light bulbs). Each engine is fitted with inlet and exhaust noise silencers to reduce their noise level (like the muffler on your car) and a Selective Catalytic Reduction unit (SCR) to reduce exhaust emissions (like the catalytic converter on your car). The electricity from the plant goes onto the Citys 69,000 volt high-voltage system for distribution to various substations around the City. From those substations the electricity voltage is reduced to 13.2 kV and then distributed to homes and businesses within the City.
