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| Bechtel signs EPCM agreement with Prairie State Energy Campus Prairie State Energy Campus, a 1,600 megawatt supercritical coal-fueled power plant being developed in Southern Illinois, announced its signing of a $2.9 billion engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) agreement with Bechtel Power. Initial craft hiring will begin this summer, with full civil work under way in the fall. The project schedule is planned to be four years. As part of the EPCM contract, Prairie State has signed purchase orders for state-of-the-art technologies with Babcock & Wilcox Co. for the boiler system; Toshiba International Corp. for the turbines; and Siemens Power Generation, Inc. for emission controls. Supercritical technology will allow Prairie State to achieve high efficiencies and generate additional power while achieving emissions far superior to America's current generating fleet. New to the Prairie State equity partner group is the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA), in conjunction with adding the City of Naperville to the agency's membership. Existing partners -- Kentucky Municipal Power Agency (KMPA), Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC), Northern Illinois Municipal Power Agency (NIMPA), and Prairie Power Inc. -- have each increased their equity ownership positions. The partner group also includes Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA). write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |