Can Non Green Energy Production Still be Green if it Becomes More Efficient?
MMC Energy Inc. [NASDAQ: MMCE] announced that it received a favorable assessment from the California Energy Commission Staff for its Chula Vista Energy Upgrade Project. The Chula Vista Energy Upgrade Project will involve a replacement of MMC’s existing 44.5 MW facility in the city of Chula Vista, California, with two new 50-megawatt simple-cycle GE LM6000 PC Sprint® peaking units. So why is this green? The highly efficient turbines will allow MMC to increase the facility’s capacity, greatly improve efficiency and reduce emissions on a per kilowatt basis. Construction activities are scheduled to commence in early 2009, and the facility is expected to begin commercial operation in time to help meet peak summer demands in the fast-growing Southern California power market during the summer of 2009.
