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The co-generation plant will produce electricity while recycling thermal energy from the combustion process to create more power and run the data center’s cooling systems. Using high-efficiency gas turbines, systems of this type regularly achieve fuel-to-energy conversion rates of about 80 percent, making this proposed power plant environmentally friendly and economical.
In fact, with the planned inclusion of advanced emissions control technology, TDC officials believe it will be one of the cleanest facilities of its kind in the U.S.
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The TDC project will also produce something even more valuable than reliable, low-cost power: It will create high-quality jobs.
Construction of the complex might employ as many as 5,000 workers during the three-year project.
Once finished, TDC estimates the complex will need 290 full-time employees. Average annual salaries would exceed $46,500 and include medical and retirement benefits. Another 50 part-time positions will also be created, for a total staff compliment of 340 employees – almost the same number of workers that will be left jobless by the impending closing of the nearly century-old Evraz Steel Mill in Claymont.
The complex will also produce millions of dollars in annual tax revenue, supporting local schools and city services, easing the burden on residents.
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We need to embrace this project, not only for the benefits it will produce for the Newark area, but the promise it offers for a better tomorrow for all Delawareans.
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