B&W unit, partner to build Scottish waste-to-energy plant

Dec 22, 2014 - The Danish unit of Babcock & Wilcox Co (NYSE:BWC), or B&W, and a consortium partner have won a USD-230-million (EUR 188m) contract to build a waste-to-energy plant in Scotland.

The US clean energy technology firm said in a statement on Monday that Denmark-based Babcock & Wilcox Volund A/S and its construction partner Interserve have been awarded the deal by Viridor UK. The pair will build a plant near Dunbar to process up to 38 tonnes of municipal waste per hour.

B&W Volund will supply two waste-to-energy boilers, a DynaGrate dynamic fuel combustion system along with a steam turbine and a dry flue gas cleaning system. It expects to receive over two-thirds of the total sum under the deal.

The waste-to-energy facility is seen to become operational in the final quarter of 2017. The consortium will also be in charge of testing and commissioning the plant.

(USD 1.0 = EUR 0.816)

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