Glastonbury engineering firm Gemma Power Systems launched the construction of an 829 megawatt Pennsylvania power plant this May.
The Panda Liberty Generating Station in Towanda, Pa. is the first new station in the Marcellus Shale Gas formation, giving it direct access to cheap natural gas to provide power to more than a million homes.
Gemma, through a joint venture with The Lane Construction Corp. of Cheshire, is the engineering-procurement-construction contractor for the project.
The plant will employ up to 500 skilled workers at the peak of construction and is scheduled for completion in early 2016.
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