CFB boilers set for Texas power plant

Foster Wheeler North America Corp has been awarded a contract by Bechtel Power Corporation for the design and supply of two circulating fluidised-bed (CFB) boilers.

Foster Wheeler North America Corp has been awarded a contract by Bechtel Power Corporation for the design and supply of two circulating fluidised-bed (CFB) boilers.

The contract, valued in excess of $100 million, calls for Foster Wheeler to supply two 315MW CFB boilers for a new solid-fuel power plant that Bechtel Power is designing and constructing for TXU Corp.

The new plant will be located at TXU's Sandow Steam Electric Station in Rockdale, Texas.

The new CFBs have been designed to use local lignite fuel and will provide high-pressure steam to a single steam reheat turbine.

The award will be included in Foster Wheeler's second-quarter 2006 bookings.

"We are very excited about this important award which underscores Bechtel's and TXU's confidence in both our CFB technology and our company".

"This is another good example of how the environmentally friendly CFB technology can bring high economic value to utility power generation", said James Crumm, President and CEO of Foster Wheeler North America.

Foster Wheeler's scope of services includes the design and supply of the state-of-the-art CFB boilers and selective noncatalytic reduction systems.

The advanced boilers will burn low calorific solid fuel cleanly while meeting stringent emissions requirements.

Construction at the site is expected to begin in second quarter of 2006, with commercial operation scheduled for summer 2009.

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