Genloop buys GE LM6000 gas turbine packages as principal, running, idle or mothballed, and handles the removal.
The GE LM6000 is an aeroderivative gas turbine derived from the CF6-80C2 aircraft engine. Depending on the model it makes roughly 40 to 58 MW in simple cycle and reaches full load in 5 to 10 minutes. Most models drive a 60 Hz generator directly at 3,600 rpm and reach 50 Hz through a gearbox, so one engine can serve either grid.
An LM6000 is two assets, the engine and the package around it, and each has its own history.
PA, PC, PD, PF, PG and PH are different engines, from about 40 MW on a PA to 58 MW on the newest. PC and PG use a standard combustor with water injection; PD, PF and PH are dry low emissions.
An aeroderivative is priced on the engine’s hours since its last hot section and its last overhaul. GE’s intervals are about 25,000 hours to the hot section and 50,000 to the overhaul, and shorter on the older PA and PC.
Which depot did the last hot section or overhaul, and what was replaced. The engine can be exchanged on site in two to three days, so the engine in the package today may not be the one it was delivered with.
Spray intercooling adds at least 9 percent to output at standard conditions and more on a hot day. A buyer asks whether it is fitted and how hard it was used.
The generator, gearbox, inlet, enclosure, controls and step-up transformer. Packages came from more than one builder, on Woodward or GE Mark controls, and a buyer checks what is there before assuming it is standard.
A package built for one grid can go to the other with a change of gearbox and generator. Genloop will take an LM6000 across frequencies, with the conversion priced in.
Aeroderivatives are moving from backup duty to primary power for data centers, and the wait for a new one is measured in years.
Blocks of 40 to 50 MW that can be on site and running before a grid connection is.
Fast-start capacity that reaches full load in minutes and is paid to be available.
Capacity that carries a site while a larger plant or a transmission line is built.
60 Hz directly and 50 Hz through a gearbox, which widens where a unit can go.
The short answers. The detail is in the contract, and in the call that comes before it.
It depends on the model, the engine’s hours since its last hot section and overhaul, which depot did the work, whether SPRINT is fitted, how complete the package is, and its records. No public database records what used turbines actually sell for, so advertised prices are asking prices. Genloop makes a firm offer after its own engineers have inspected the unit.
Yes. The PA, PC, PD, PF, PG and PH differ in output, in combustion system and in maintenance intervals, and a buyer prices each on its own terms. Genloop looks at all of them.
Yes. Genloop buys units that are running, idle or mothballed. A unit that has been mothballed for several years is looked at case by case.
Yes. Most LM6000 models drive a 60 Hz generator directly at 3,600 rpm and reach 50 Hz through a gearbox, so a package can be rebuilt for the other grid with a change of gearbox and generator. Genloop will take an LM6000 across frequencies, with the conversion priced in.
The engine model and serial number, fired hours and starts in total and since the last hot section and overhaul, the depot reports for each shop visit, and what is included in the package. Gaps are normal and Genloop fills them on site.
Genloop does. Dismantling, export compliance and transport are Genloop’s scope, insured throughout, and written into the same contract as the purchase. The site is handed back on the schedule the contract sets.
No. Genloop buys as principal and takes title, so there is no fee, no marketing period and no waiting for a buyer to appear.
Every enquiry is read by the people who inspect, value and buy the equipment, and answered directly. Owners rarely have everything; send what exists and Genloop fills the gaps on site.
Engine model (PC, PD, PF, PG), engine and package serial numbers, the package builder, fuel, SPRINT or not, and what is included.
Fired hours and starts on the engine now installed, in total and since its last hot section and overhaul.
Depot reports for each hot section, overhaul or repair, and any lease or exchange engines that have run in the package.
The control system, water injection or dry low emissions, and any catalyst fitted.
The window in which the equipment must be gone, crane and road access, and any export or permit requirements.
Who owns the package and who owns the engine, which are not always the same party, and what has to be released at closing.