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NAES Turbine Services Completes Major Steam Turbine Inspection
03/13/2007 - 3/12/07 - Houston, TX - NAES Turbine Services (NTS), a division of North American Energy Services (NAES), announces that it completed a Major Inspection on Unit 3 at Dynegy Northeast Generation's Danskammer Power Plant during the 2006 Fall outage cycle.
The Danskammer plant, located in Newburg, NY, is a 501 MW coal and oil fired plant containing four General Electric steam turbines. NAES Turbine Services performed a complete disassembly of the 130 MW turbine HP/IP and LP case, generator and turbine valves, and removed the rotors and generator field. In addition, NTS completed a blast clean, NDE and evaluation of steam path components, performed on site repair of steam path components, and completed topless laser alignment of the entire steam path, as well as a boresonic inspection of the rotors. During the inspection, NTS furnished three rows of new turbine blading and replaced the ID Fan.
In addition to the inspection, NAES Turbine Services managed various subcontractors that were called in as unexpected items arose during the course of the project.
About Dynegy:
Dynegy Inc. produces and sells electric energy, capacity and ancillary services in key U.S. markets. The company's current power generation portfolio consists of approximately 12,000 megawatts of baseload, intermediate and peaking power plants fueled by a mix of coal, fuel oil and natural gas.
About NAES Turbine Services:
NAES Turbine Services has performed hundreds of field inspections on a wide variety of rotating equipment including steam and gas turbines. NAES Turbine Services is owned by NAES, the generation industry's leading independent, third-party provider of operations and maintenance services.
NAES is owned by ITOCHU International Inc., the U.S. affiliate of ITOCHU Corporation. With operations in over 80 countries covering a broad range of industries, ITOCHU is among the world's largest corporations.
