According to the company, the facilities are owned and operated by the subsidiaries of the Shenhua Group, a state-owned energy enterprise with businesses on coal, power generation and transportation.
The two power plants are expected to be operational in 2010. It is anticipated that the installation of the cooling systems for these facilities will begin in the third quarter of 2009.
Drew Ladau, president of SPX’s cooling technologies business, said: “Our dry cooling systems help reduce the water consumption by approximately 90% as compared to other types of cooling systems, which is in line with the efforts and policies of the Chinese authorities to save water resources.”
SPX is focused on providing services that support the expansion of global infrastructure, with emphasis on energy and power. Its product portfolio includes cooling systems for power plants throughout the world; custom engineered process equipment that assists a variety of flow processes including food and beverage manufacturing, oil and gas exploration, distribution and refinement and power generation; handheld diagnostic tools that aid in vehicle maintenance and repair; and power transformers that regulate voltage for electrical transmission and distribution by utility companies.
