IEEE FWCS PES/IAS Tour: Duke Bartow Plant Facility

The IEEE Florida West Coast Section Power & Energy Society/Industry Applications Society (PES/IAS), in partnership with Duke Energy, invites you to an exclusive tour of the Bartow Combined Cycle Plant. Join us for a short classroom session to learn about the facility prior to a guided walk-through of the combined cycle plant. Bartow CC is a 1250MW 4x1 Combined Cycle facility featuring four (4) Siemens Combustion Turbine Generators and a Mitsubishi Steam Turbine Generator. The site reached commercial operation June 1st 2009 as an effort to repower the P.L. Bartow facility which previously had three (3) oil/gas fired steam turbine generators which came online in the 1950s. Lunch will be provided. Note: Please bring a government issued ID (i.e. a valid driver's license) which will be required by Plant Security. PPE: Tour attendees must wear long pants, shirts with sleeves, and closed-toe shoes. Hard hats, safety glasses, and hearing protection will be provided. Personal jewelry should not be worn during the Station Tour.