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Foster Wheeler proceeds with coal-fired construction in West Virginia

1 March 2007 -- A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler Ltd., Global Power Group, has received a full release to proceed on its contract from Longview Power, LLC for the design and supply of a supercritical once-through pulverized-coal (PC) steam generator for Longview's coal-fired generating facility located in Monongalia County, W.Va.

Longview is a 100 percent-owned subsidiary of GenPower Holdings, L.P., which is jointly owned by GenPower, LLC and First Reserve Corporation.

The $200 million contract calls for Foster Wheeler to provide Longview with a 695 (net) MWe pulverized coal steam generator utilizing Siemens advanced BENSON vertical tube supercritical steam technology.

"We are very pleased that the project has achieved this milestone and that we are finally able to release Foster Wheeler's full execution team to support this very important project in the state of West Virginia," said Bob Place, CEO of GenPower Holdings.




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