(Source: Datamonitor)
US-based engineered solutions provider SPX has said that its Thermal Equipment and Services segment has been awarded a contract in excess of $30 million to design two natural draft cooling towers, including the design, manufacturing and installation of the towers' internal heat transfer system, for Dominion Generation-owned Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts.
In 2003, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued a new permit for Brayton Point that set strict limits for the facility's withdrawal of cooling water from, and its discharges of heated wastewater to, nearby Mount Hope Bay.
The new cooling system will be designed to reduce the amount of water drawn from Mount Hope Bay to cool the plant's four generating units and help the plant meet the EPA's new mandate.
SPX has said that its contract was secured from privately-held Kiewit Corporation. Plans call for Kiewit to finish building the tower shells and SPX to complete the installation of the internal wet cooling system.
With a capacity of 1,600MW, Brayton Point Power Station is supplying approximately 16% of the electricity used in Massachusetts and 8% of the electricity needs of New England.
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