# Birdsboro Power

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/birdsboro-power

Birdsboro Power LLC - Berks County - PJM

Birdsboro Power is a natural-gas-fired combined-cycle generating plant located at 1 Armorcast Road, Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It comprises a single generator (GEN1) with an EIA nameplate capacity of 525 MW; project and owner materials describe the asset as 485 MW. The plant uses a single-shaft configuration combining one GE 7HA.02 gas turbine and one Alstom D652 steam turbine. As of May 2026, the facility maintains operating status with no documented uprate, derate, retirement, or repowering. In May 2025, Strategic Value Partners (SVP Funds) acquired an initial one-third equity stake and became Managing Member, operating the facility alongside EverGen Power.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 525 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 61035 — plant-61035

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- **Operator:** Birdsboro Power LLC

## Related parties

- **Acquirer / equity investor / asset manager:** Strategic Value Partners (SVP Funds) — Beneficial owner and Managing Member ([source](https://www.svpglobal.com))
- **O&M provider / asset manager:** EverGen Power — Operating and asset management partner ([source](https://www.evergenpwr.com))
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Kiewit — EPC contractor and startup provider ([source](https://www.kiewit.com/projects/birdsboro-power-plant))
- **Equipment supplier:** General Electric (GE / GE Vernova) — Gas turbine OEM ([source](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7ha))
- **Equipment supplier:** Alstom — Steam turbine OEM
- **Financial advisor:** HDR — Owner's engineer
- **Former owner / equity investor:** Ares Management Corp. — Legacy equity participant
- **Former owner / equity investor:** Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. — Legacy equity participant

## Sources

- [enr.com](http://enr.com/articles/50409-best-energyindustrial-birdsboro-power-plant) — enr.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [ge.com](https://www.ge.com/news/press-releases/birdsboro-power-plant-achieves-commercial-operation-powered-by-ges-ha-gas-turbine) — ge.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [gem.wiki](https://www.gem.wiki/Birdsboro_power_station) — gem.wiki · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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