PPL orders scrubbers
Shaw Stone & Webster has today been awarded engineering, procurement and construction projects by PPL Generation to retrofit three of PPL's coal-fired generating units with pollution controls.
today announced that its Shaw Stone & Webster unit has been awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects by
, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, to retrofit three of PPL's coal-fired generating units at two plants with pollution controls.
In February 2005, PPL announced its intent to invest in pollution controls at its Montour and
According to a statement, the FGD units, also known as "scrubbers," will remove at least 97 percent of the sulphur dioxide emitted from the generating units.
The projects, including both locations, are expected to create approximately 800 jobs during the construction phase, as well as additional permanent positions once operation of the scrubbers begins.
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