Natural Gas Generation
Dispatchable power, on demand.
Natural gas is the foundation of the Cedar City Energy Campus. It is designed to provide firm, around-the-clock electricity that large industrial and data-center customers can plan around, independent of sun or wind.
Firm baseload
Runs day and night, independent of sun or wind, to support critical loads.
Responsive output
Generation can be raised or lowered quickly to follow demand as it changes.
Built to scale
Planned so capacity can be added in phases as customer demand on the campus grows.
Lower carbon than coal
Natural gas emits significantly less carbon dioxide per unit of electricity than coal.
Why natural gas
Modern economies run on electricity that is there the moment it is needed. Natural gas generation delivers that kind of firm, dispatchable power: operators decide when it runs and how much it produces, rather than waiting on weather conditions.
It is also a mature, well-understood technology. The equipment, fuel supply, workforce and regulatory framework for gas-fired generation are established across the United States, which lowers execution risk for a project of this kind.
How we approach it
Alania Energy is developing natural gas generation directly on the Cedar City Energy Campus, next to the customers who will use the power. Producing electricity where it is consumed is intended to reduce reliance on long-distance transmission and the congestion that comes with it.
- Generation at the point of use
- Power is planned to be produced on the same campus as the loads it serves.
- Gas supply to the site
- Fuel is planned to be delivered to the campus by natural gas infrastructure serving the site.
- Multiple generating units
- Generation is designed as several turbine units, so the campus does not depend on any single machine.
- Phased growth
- New units can be brought online in stages as demand on the campus increases.
Responsible operation
Natural gas produces roughly half the carbon dioxide of coal for each unit of electricity generated, along with far lower emissions of sulfur dioxide and particulates. That makes it a practical source of firm power while lower-carbon resources such as nuclear are developed over the longer term.
Like every power plant of its kind, generation on the campus will be subject to federal and Utah air-quality permitting and ongoing compliance requirements.
Talk to us about power supply.
If you are planning a large load, we would like to hear from you.