The Generator

Coal to Natural Gas | CO2 Capture in Sweden | Voucher for BrightLoop Modeling

B&W Helps Plant Reduce Emissions with Switch to Cleaner Fuel

B&W received full notice to proceed for a $246 million coal-to-natural gas conversion project at AES Indiana's Petersburg Generating Station. This project will help the plant phase out the use of coal and reduce carbon emissions by converting its coal-fired boilers to use natural gas as fuel. 

Pioneering Progress in Carbon Capture Technology

B&W has been awarded a contract to conduct a full-scale feasibility study of its SolveBright™ carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture technology to be integrated into Mälarenergi AB’s waste-to-energy plant in Västerås, Sweden. Our SolveBright scrubbing system is a post-combustion carbon capture technology that absorbs CO₂ directly from a plant’s flue gas in an absorber using a regenerable solvent.

B&W Awarded U.S. Department of Energy Voucher

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions announced B&W as a voucher recipient to perform Hydrogen Life-Cycle Assessment Modeling for the planned BrightLoop™ hydrogen production facility near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The facility will utilize biomass feedstock to produce low-carbon intensity hydrogen, while CO₂ will be isolated for long-term storage or other beneficial uses.

People Spotlight

Our Indonesia service team has successfully completed a re-tubing project for a B&W package boiler at an industrial facility in East Java, Indonesia. All pressure parts were fabricated at our Cilegon, Indonesia, service shop, and the team logged a total of 40,516 safe working hours!

Project Spotlight

We are moving forward on our BrightLoop™ hydrogen production facility in Massillon, Ohio. Using our proprietary decarbonization technology, the facility will produce up to 5 tonnes of hydrogen per day for transportation and industrial use. 

ASKED&ANSWERED: OFA

Q: How are overfire air ports (OFA) used to control NO_x in boilers?

A: A sliding sleeve damper allows the regulation of air to each port. Cutting the amount of air supplied to the burners causes a fuel-rich/oxygen-lean zone to develop; NO_x is suppressed and reduced as it passes through the fuel-rich zone.