Babcock & Wilcox Vølund and Interserve won contracts on Rotherham Biomass Power Plant

Babcock & Wilcox Vølund and Interserve won contracts on Rotherham Biomass Power Plant

Mar 15, 2015  | Civil engineering 

Babcock & Wilcox Vølund and Interserve won contracts on Rotherham Biomass Power Plant
(Photo by: Arturo Ramos)

A Joint Venture between Interserve and Babcock & Wilcox Vølund has been awarded a $220 million contract by the Brite Partnership North East to build a biomass-fired power plant in Rotherham.

Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S, has been awarded contracts totaling more than $220 million to design, manufacture  and operate a biomass power plant in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Interserve Strategic Projects, will construct the plant for the developer, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

The Rotherham Biomass Plant will feature a B&W Vølund-designed multi-fuel boiler with a DynaGrate® fuel combustion system, a dry flue gas desulfurization system (dry FGD) and will burn waste wood to generate approximately 40 megawatts of electricity. The contracts also call for B&W Vølund to provide operations and maintenance services for an initial term of 15 years once the plant is commissioned.

The power output generated from the plant will be equivalent to the energy consumption of 70,000 households and result in an annual carbon dioxide reduction of 360 tonnes. The project was booked in the first quarter of 2015 and B&W Vølund has received a full notice to proceed with its work. 

“The waste sector is a key growth area for Interserve. We recognise that projects of this type are highly technical and challenging, requiring key expertise to construct, operate and maintain. This is why we have formed a strategic partnership with Babcock & Wilcox Vølund who will operate and maintain the Brite plant from 2017.” - Andy Jarman, Commercial Director at Interserve said.

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