Electricity Generation Co. (EÜAŞ) has awarded Ekon, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) Plant project for 18 Mart Çan Thermal Power Plant Unit 1 and Unit 2 each with 160 MWe generating capacity located near Çanakkale region of Turkey.
Ekon’s scope will cover design, manufacturing/supply, construction, installation, testing, training and putting into successful operation, the complete FGD plant on a Turnkey basis as well as supervising commercial operations for 2 (two) years and carrying out maintenance during this period.
All necessary modifications in the existing power plant to integrate with the new FGD plant, and providing all the auxiliary systems including pulverized limestone receiving/storage system, limestone slurry preparation system, gypsum pre-dewatering system and an ash/gypsum slurry mixing system is also under the scope of Ekon.
Ekon will use state-of-the-art wet limestone FGD technology of Doosan Lentjes Gmbh which has 71GW installed wet FGD experience worldwide. Once complete, the plant will be one of the most efficient FGD plants in Turkey with 98.5% efficiency using the latest technology to fully comply with Turkish environmental directives.