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re: Entergy Submitts Plans to Build a Floating Power Plant in Leeville
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:42 am to Tarps99
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:42 am to Tarps99
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Situated atop a barge across from a substation in Leeville
Until it breaks loose during a hurricane and becomes situated on top of the substation.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 6:28 pm
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Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:47 am to Boudreaux35
112 MW is not a lot to replace. Entergy will have the capacity to mitigate if they needed to. They would just redirect power from other assets/substations from the grid.
I would anssume engineering systems and structures would have weather safety factors in the design for imminent forces/weather.
This technique is somewhat popular in the Caribbean islands for power production. They’re built on barges to allow the owner/operator to disconnect and transfer to another location for a more profitable opportunity. Probably not a bad idea with how volatile and political Louisiana economy can be.
Black start is an independent startup system that’s contained by the plant. Could be a generator, but these barges have trended towards using energy storage (big arse batteries to go) for this application.
Here’s a link for a project I worked on for a similar plant Siemens built in the Dominican Republic:
LINK
I would anssume engineering systems and structures would have weather safety factors in the design for imminent forces/weather.
This technique is somewhat popular in the Caribbean islands for power production. They’re built on barges to allow the owner/operator to disconnect and transfer to another location for a more profitable opportunity. Probably not a bad idea with how volatile and political Louisiana economy can be.
Black start is an independent startup system that’s contained by the plant. Could be a generator, but these barges have trended towards using energy storage (big arse batteries to go) for this application.
Here’s a link for a project I worked on for a similar plant Siemens built in the Dominican Republic:
LINK
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 10:48 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:47 am to Tiger Prawn
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If its on a barge, why couldnt they bring the barge inside the flood gate ahead of a storm?
Have you seen how narrow the Golden Meadow Floodgate is.
I would image the plant being the size of an oil drilling barge.
Something along this size:
They have fit rigs of this size in the flood gate. I guess they could use the East side of the bayou below Golden Meadow as a mooring area inside the system. Also you will have to deal with height the as the Leeville bridge gives you only 73 feet in vertical clearance. I am not sure what the vertical clearances for the bridges up the bayou if they wanted to stow it in Larose.
Then you have the disconnection and demobilization costs and what if the receiving structure is damaged. Then you have to fix that before it starts providing juice.
It would better located inside the system pernamently, and tie into the existing Natural gas network.
The whole structure would need to be built to at least 20 feet of elevation either on a manmade hill or pilings.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 11:06 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 11:27 am to BHMadden
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BHMadden
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 12:49 pm to Tarps99
As long as it holds fish.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 12:58 pm to Tarps99
What happens during the storm surge from a hurricane? Does the barge break off of its chains and float away or does the the whole facility become inundated just like everything else around it?
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:09 pm to Tiger Prawn
The plan is to barge it up inside the floodgates when a storm is approaching.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:14 pm to Corinthians420
They better not plan to do much during Shrimp Season.
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