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Now you can buy a 20-MW gas turbine without ever leaving your desk.<b> </b>
Fortnightly Magazine - September 1 2001
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Off Peak

September 1, 2001

Online Shopping

 

Now you can buy a 20-MW gas turbine without ever leaving your desk.

Here's the scenario: You and your partners own a large hospital in a metropolitan area. Recent blackouts have you concerned about the quality of care you're able to give your patients, and you need a fix. What do you do? Well, one recent offering by Enporion, an online trading hub, would enable you to buy your own gas turbine.

In a recent press release, Enporion touted some 20 turbines for sale on its site as "ready-to-install."

It added: "In a time when energy supplies are tight worldwide and with order and production lead times for new turbines running up to three years, this first-of-its-kind event presents an unprecedented opportunity for companies to increase generation in a matter of months, rather than years." According to Tony Cox, dynamic commerce manager for Enporion, the company offering these like-new turbines recognized that the demand in general for electricity was high, and that "a lot can be gained" by the sale.

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