GE Vernova Receives Order for H-Class Equipment for Dominican Natural Gas Power Plant

GE Vernova is delivering its first H-Class gas turbine to the Caribbean. Generadora San Felipe Ltd.’s 470-MW power plant station, San Felipe—located in Punta Caucedo, Boca Chica, Dominican Republic— features one multi-shaft generating block that will be equipped with GE Vernova’s:

• 7HA.02 gas turbine coupled to an H65 generator
• STF-A650 steam turbine coupled to an H35 generator
• triple pressure with a reheat heat recovery steam generator (HRSG)
• condenser

The natural gas-fired combined cycle plant will support the country’s growth of renewable power generation.

“Our new plant, powered by GE Vernova’s highly efficient H-Class technology, will support our efforts to deliver less carbon-intensive and more reliable electricity, which is fundamental for the country’s productivity growth, and people’s well-being,” said Antonio Ramirez, General Manager of Generadora San Felipe. “We trusted the solid reputation of HA technology and turned to GE Vernova, an innovation leader in the path toward decarbonization, based on a longtime collaboration between our two companies.”

San Felipe power plant is expected to begin operation in 2027. It’s situated next to AES/ENADOM LNG terminal, with a total storage capacity of LNG of 250,000 m3.

“The development of San Felipe power plant is a very ambitious project, and we are proud to support it,” said Dave Ross, President of GE Vernova’s Gas Power in the Americas region. “Once completed, the power plant is expected to be among the most efficient power plant in the Caribbean and can be configured with post-combustion carbon capture systems to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions. In addition, our GE Vernova HA gas turbine is highly fuel flexible and able to operate on a variety of fuels, including blends of hydrogen and natural gas to offer multiple pathways to reduce carbon emissions and work towards near-zero operations in the next decade.”

Generadora San Felipe; credit: GE Vernova

Last week, the GE Vernova/Technip Energies/Balfour Beatty consortium received a notice from Net-Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) that it reached financial close and has the green light to move forward with construction. The U.K. gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage will capture up to 2 million tons of CO₂ per year. The captured carbon will be transported and permanently stored by the Northern Endurance Partnership. Once the plant is up and running, it could produce up to 742 MW of flexible low-carbon power.

Technip Energies will design the carbon-capture and CO₂ compression plant. The combined-cycle gas turbine power plant will include GE Vernova’s equipment:

• 1 9HA.02 gas turbine: for the 50 Hertz segment featuring high back pressure suitable for a carbon-capture plant
• 1 steam turbine capable of large steam extraction for carbon capture
• 1 generator
• 1 heat recovery steam generator (HRSG)
• Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system
• 16 years CSA contract for the full power train
• 6-year O&M contract covering the entire power plant, including the EGR system

Technip Energies, with the support of technology partner Shell Catalysts & Technologies, is leading the integration of a carbon-capture plant using its Canopy by T.EN solution, powered by Shell’s CANSOLV CO2 capture system. GE Vernova will lead the integration of a combined-cycle power plant and its EGR system, which enables the operator to boost the efficiency and performance of carbon capture.