Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., specialist in energy and environmental technologies and services for the power and industrial markets has recently announced that its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), has been awarded a contract for more than USD 80M to design and manufacture a highly efficient, supercritical boiler and other components for the Masinloc Thermal Power Plant expansion project in Zambales Province, Philippines.
B&W will also engineer and supply the coal-fired boiler to its customer, POSCO Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd., the South Korea-based lead contractor for the power plant owner, Masinloc Power Partners Co. Ltd. B&Wâs scope includes the supply of one 300 megawatt Spiral Wound Universal Pressure (SWUPTM) supercritical boiler and auxiliary equipment. B&W intends to perform engineering, procurement and fabrication activities at its joint venture facility, Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions Private Limited, in Pune, India. Project completion is scheduled for Spring 2019.
âReliable baseload power is a critical component to the success of a growing economy such as the Philippines,â? said B&W Global Power Division Sr. Vice President Paul Scavuzzo. âWe recognize the importance of this project and are proud to have been chosen to supply a boiler that will provide clean, efficient and affordable energy to the residents of Zambales Province.â?