As part of its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, Shaw installed two flue gas desulfurization systems, or scrubbers, to serve the Brunner Island power plant’s three coal-fired generating units. The scrubbers for Unit 3 began operation in April 2009, and the scrubbers for Units 1 and 2 began operation in November 2009.
The scrubbers will remove approximately 90% of sulfur dioxide emissions from Brunner Island’s 1,483MW electric generating capacity. Shaw also provided engineering services for an electrostatic precipitator retrofit on Unit 2. The retrofit, which reduces particulate emissions from the coal-fired unit, began operation in November 2009.
While working on the Brunner Island retrofit project, Shaw executed a similar EPC contract at PPL’s Montour power plant. Work at the two projects was performed simultaneously from 2006 until the completion of the Montour project in 2008.
Manuel Gonzalez, project director of PPL Generation, said: ”The scrubbers and other environmental improvements at Montour and Brunner Island represent an investment by PPL in environmental upgrades for our coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania. Thanks to Shaw’s work on the retrofit projects, these power plants will continue to serve our customers with cleaner energy for many years to come.”
