Charlotte, N.C., January 27, 2012 — The Babcock & Wilcox Co. announced that its unit Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., won a contract worth more than $75 million to provide construction services for the installation of environmental equipment at Northern Indiana Public Service Co.'s R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield, Ind.
BWCC will erect and install two B&W-designed wet flue gas desulfurization absorber vessels, and associated reagent slurry preparation and dewatering equipment for the plant's 465 MW Unit 14 and 515 MW Unit 15 coal-fired utility boilers. BWCC also will procure and erect the absorber and dewatering island structural steel for the wet FGD systems.
B&W previously announced it would design and supply the wet FGD units and related components for the project.
Start-up of Schahfer Unit 14 is scheduled for fall 2013 and Unit 15 for fall 2015.
