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| Foster Wheeler awarded contract in Russia Heavy construction and engineering giant Foster Wheeler announced that its Finnish subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energia has been awarded a contract by PJSC EnergoMashinostroitelny Alliance (EM Alliance) for a 330 MWe (gross megawatt electric) advanced circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator to be located in Novocherkassk, Russia. The Novocherkasskaya GRES facility is owned by The Sixth Wholesale Power Market Generating Company (WGC-6). Although Foster Wheeler CFB technology has been installed in more than 300 locations worldwide, this is the first CFB to be built in Russia and the second CFB ordered in the world which utilizes advanced supercritical once-through (OTU) steam technology. The first such CFB is located in Poland, where Foster Wheeler is currently building a 460 MWe OTU-CFB that is planned to come on-line in the first quarter of 2009. OTU-CFB technology improves overall power plant efficiency, resulting in producing about 5-10% more electricity from the same amount of fuel consumed as compared to a conventional subcritical steam power plant. Further, this fuel savings translates into approximately the same amount of reduction for the plant's air and ash emissions helping to reduce the plant's environmental impact. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |