Babcock & Wilcox announced that its B&W Environmental and B&W Renewable business segments have been awarded a contract for approximately $65 million by Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant Ltd. (LSEP) to provide engineering services and advanced technologies for the LSEP Sustainable Energy plant located at Lostock Gralam near Manchester, UK. LSEP is a joint venture formed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and FCC Environment (UK). B&W's global operations will provide technologies and services for the project, including GMAB™ flue gas treatment technologies, SPIG™ air-cooled condensers, Diamond Power® boiler cleaning equipment and engineering in both B&W's Denmark and U.S. offices.

The Lostock plant will utilize residual waste to generate 60+ megawatts of energy for residents and businesses. Additionally, this plant will be one of the largest operational waste-to-energy plants in the UK processing around 600,000 tonnes of waste annually. The site of the plant was previously the site of a decommissioned coal-fired power plant.

With hundreds of units in operation around the world, B&W Renewable has many decades of experience and extensive expertise with technologies that generate steam and power from municipal and industrial waste fuels. B&W Environmental's GMAB flue gas cleaning and flue gas condensation technologies are applicable for a wide range of applications, including waste-to-energy, co-incineration and hazardous waste incineration plants. The company's SPIG dry cooling technologies can be tailored for many applications and are a sustainable and environmentally conscious cooling solution, eliminating water discharge and protecting the environment.

B&W's Diamond Power boiler cleaning systems are available in steam/air, high pressure water, and dual-media air heater cleaning configurations and are ideally suited for renewable and waste-to-energy applications. The Lostock waste-to-energy plant is scheduled to begin commercial operation in late 2025.