Hydro Generator Reference List
(partial list)
Bonneville Power Authority, Columbia River, Portland, Oregon: Two complete stator cores with redesigned laminations for up-rated 60mva units. Scope of supply also included over 1200 air vent assemblies and epoxy bonded end packs. 1998
Duke Power, Engineering and Services Group: 4 units at Lockhart Power Corp. Lockhart, NC. The original Allis Chalmers machines were up-rated to 4.5mva. Scope of supply included, 100,000 laminations, 966 air vent assemblies and 178 end clamp assemblies. 1999
US Army Corp of Engineers Savannah District, J.Strom Thurmond Project, Clark Hill, SC: This project supplied seven complete stator cores for 1950s General Electric machines. The re-rated machines produced 92mVA at 13.8 kV. 1999-2000
Saskatchewan Power Authority, EB Campbell Station, Nipawin, Saskatschewan, Canada: This two-unit project supplied over 120,000 laminations and 1063 air vent assemblies. 2001
Grant County Public Utility District, Summer Falls Station, Grant County, WA: Two unit project, redesign and replacement of two Toshiba stator cores. 136,800 laminations, 1500 air vent assemblies. M15, C5 29 gauge material used for main stator laminations. 2001-2002
Loup Power Authority, Columbus Project, Columbus, NE: The project scope includes two redesigned cores. The 12.5 mVA, 13.8 kV machines have 112,000 laminations, and newly designed air vent assemblies. The first core was delivered in June of 2004. December 2005
New York Power Authority, Robert Moses Project, Units 12&13, Lewiston, NY: This project re-rated the existing 100 mVA 13.8 kV machines to 116 mVA. The new cores used 29 gauge, M15, C5, Electrical steel, replacing the original 26 gauge steel. The scope of supply: 350,000 stator laminations, 3,500 air vent assemblies, and 172 end clamp assemblies. The redesign and up-graded electrical steel exceeded performance expectations. First unit delivered in 2002, second unit 2003.
Excelon Energy, Conowingo Station, Unit 8, Conowingo, MD.
Replacement unit, Voith Siemens Hydro York, PA.
Core laminations, air-vent assemblies. Summer 2005
Trans Canada Energy, S.E. Moore Station, Unit #3,4 Littleton, NH Westinghouse Electric 1955 in-service date. 92,000 stator laminations from 29-gauge, M-15, C5 Electrical steel, 870 air-vent assemblies, and modified end pack laminations. Original output rating 39 mVa up-rated to 52 mVA. Second unit supplied October 2007
Avista Corp., Noxon Rapids, Montana Unit #4.
The units were placed in service in 1959. Core components were supplied to Voith Siemens Hydro York, PA. Delivered April 2007
