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InterGen´s Indigo Facility in California Up and Running and Bringing Needed Electricity to California
The Indigo plant is one of two InterGen facilities that comprise the Wildflower Energy Project. These plants were the first to be licensed under the California Energy Commission’s emergency siting process instituted upon Governor Gray Davis’ order to expedite electricity plants that can be on line by September 30, 2001. Indigo joins Wildflower Energy’s Larkspur Energy Facility in operation, which was commissioned in July by Governor Davis and InterGen officials. Indigo and Larkspur were the first emergency facilities through the expedited process to be constructed and in operation, and InterGen’s first generating facilities in California.
The Indigo Energy Facility officially commenced operations on July 26, 2001. On Wednesday, August 8th, Governor Gray Davis and InterGen officials will hold a press conference to mark the dedication of Indigo and recognize the unprecedented cooperative effort that went into siting, licensing and constructing the plant in six months to respond to California’s urgent need for electricity.
“We are extremely pleased to be a part of the effort to bring new, clean electricity generation to California, and to have both of our first facilities in the state officially in operation,” said Carlos Riva, President and CEO of InterGen. “We want to thank and recognize California’s elected officials, the CEC, Coral Energy, the local community and the many hard-working construction and trades personnel for their commitment to work with InterGen to get Indigo into operation so quickly,” he added.
The Indigo Energy Facility is located in Palm Springs, near the intersection of 19th and Indian Avenues in an area dominated by wind turbines. Clean-burning natural gas will fuel the plant, and the best available control technology will be employed to reduce emissions. Indigo’s site was chosen based on proximity and access to natural gas and connections to transmission lines on the state’s power grid.
InterGen is a global power generation firm. The company is operating or building a total of nineteen power stations worldwide representing 13,210 MW. It also has projects in advanced development representing an additional 4,595 MW, and more than 9,000 MW in early stage development. The company has projects operating, under construction and/or in advanced development in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, China, Egypt, Turkey, Brazil, Australia and the Netherlands. InterGen is a Shell-Bechtel venture.