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Peaking Power, Chapter Eleven: The Long-awaited Frame 7

Published on October 17, 2011 By dlucier

  In 1971, General Electric finally offered a power plant of the size that most electric utilities wanted 6 years earlier after the Northeast Blackout of 1965.  It was called the model series MS7001 package power plant.   Also known as the Frame 7, it was rated approximately 40 megawatts, making it nearly three times [...]