While Foster Wheeler acquired Graf-Wulff GmbH last year, until now the technology has been offered in the North American market exclusively through a third party under a licencing arrangement.
“We strongly feel that this move will allow us to provide a higher level of responsiveness and service to our North American clients,” said Byron Roth, CEO of Foster Wheeler North America Corp. “We see this technology playing a crucial role in helping US power generators comply with the EPA’s new Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) and other upcoming rules in an environment of tightening water restrictions and increasingly competitive electricity markets.”
Foster Wheeler supplies the CFB scrubber technology globally through its five operating units located in North America, Europe and Asia which are supported by Foster Wheeler’s scrubber technology centre, FW Graf Wulff, based in Friedrichsdorf, Germany.