MIDLAND COGENERATION VENTURE ( MCV )
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partnerships to find skilled workers , the hope is that these new recruits will eventually become a part of MCV ’ s long-term corporate culture . “ The longevity of our employees here , and the culture at MCV because of that longevity , is something we ’ re extremely proud of .”
Expanding on advantages in the future “ Continuous improvement has been a big part of our operation since 1990 ,” says Vokal . “ We ’ ve implemented a back-pressure steam turbine to extract energy from let-down steam , upgraded the primary steam turbine , upgraded the turbines and compressors on our gas turbines , and when we purchased six package boilers , we were able to run the plant with zero gas turbines , which was important when the gas prices were high in relation to market electric prices . We implemented evaporative cooling on our gas turbines in 2009 , and we continue to look at other
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