Fluor Corporation was been awarded an early-phase engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by PNM to provide environmental services upgrades for four power units at the San Juan Generating Station in New Mexico.
Fluor will provide full EPC services to design, build, install and commission new selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment for each of the San Juan Generating Station’s four units.
“This first phase contract for a new SCR project has been the result of a highly collaborative process with PNM,” said president of Fluor’s Power Group, Dave Dunning. “Fluor is a leader in providing environmental compliance services for power plants across the country with more than
39,000 megawatts of SCR upgrade projects completed. We will assist PNM with creative, flexible solutions to bring cleaner power to its customers.”
The San Juan Generating Station’s four units total 1,848 megawatts of capacity. The SCR will significantly reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. When the environmental upgrades are completed, the equipment utilized will provide one of the highest NOx removal efficiencies in the U.S. and will comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s federal plan to address regional haze at San Juan Generating Station.
“We have been very impressed with Fluor’s professionalism and flexibility as we have been engaged to bring this project to reality over the past several months,” said senior vice president and COO of PNM Resources, the parent company of PNM, Ron Talbot.