Babcock & Wilcox Wins $30 Million to Refurbish Boilers at Florida Facility

Date: July 24, 2008

Source: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.

Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. to refurbish boilers for Florida facility

Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has been awarded a contract by the Solid Waste Authority (SWA) of Palm Beach County to refurbish two B&W Stirling® power boilers at the North County Resource Recovery Facility (NCRRF) waste-to-energy plant in West Palm Beach, Fla. The contract is valued at more than $30 million.

B&W PGG will design, supply and fabricate critical boiler component materials including furnaces, superheaters, combustion systems and steam drum internals. B&W PGG will also update the NCRRF's furnace and combustion system to incorporate a straight-walled furnace design with a state-of-the-art PrecisionJet® overfire air system.

Engineering is currently underway at B&W PGG's headquarters in Barberton. Material delivery is scheduled for March 2010, with NCRRF Unit 1 scheduled to go online in August 2010, and Unit 2 to go online in January 2011. When complete, each refurbished Stirling® power boiler will supply 320,000 pounds-per-hour of steam to generate a combined 65 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

B&W subsidiary Palm Beach Resource Recovery Corporation (PBRRC) last year signed a 20-year contract extension - to begin October 2009 - to continue its operation and management of the NCRRF.

"B&W values its strong, long-term relationship with the SWA and the respect and trust it has placed in our team," said Brandon Bethards, B&W PGG President. "We are pleased to be able to assist the SWA in serving the community with such an important, environmentally-friendly waste-to-energy project."

The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County is a governmental agency responsible for providing integrated solid waste management system for Palm Beach County, Fla. With approximately 400 employees, the SWA provides solid waste disposal and recycling services and programs to the county's 1.4 million residents and businesses.

Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) is a major operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. B&W PGG is a world leader in the power generation industry and designs, manufactures, services and constructs steam generating and environmental equipment for utilities and industries worldwide. It is located on the Internet at www.babcock.com.

For more information, contact:
Business Press:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Sharyn McCaulley
Phone: 330.860.1326
slmccaulley@babcock.com.

Trade Press:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Steve Stultz
Phone: 330.860.6124

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