IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that it has successfully completed commissioning of the second and final unit of Luminant's new Oak Grove Power Plant in Robertson County, Texas, and has turned over daily operations of the power plant to Luminant.
“The completion of the second Oak Grove unit is a fitting milestone to mark our 25-year relationship of building and maintaining power generation facilities for Luminant in Texas,” said Dave Dunning, president of Fluor’s Power Group. “The successful construction completion of this two-unit supercritical plant sets a new benchmark for clean coal electric generation in the U.S.”
“The successful commissioning and turnover of Oak Grove Units 1 and 2 is a direct result of the tightly integrated team of Luminant, Fluor and subcontractors and reconfirms Fluor's leadership in the design, construction and commissioning of large, complex power plants,” said James Mackey, Fluor’s Solid Fuel business line vice president. “The nearly 11 million safe work hours on this project is indicative not only of our world-class safety program, but exemplifies our passion to meet and exceed client expectations on schedule and budget.”
“Combined, Oak Grove Units 1 & 2 are capable of powering nearly 850,000 average Texas homes and we're proud to welcome the plant to our operational fleet, an achievement due solely to the teamwork and dedication of our employees, Fluor and other subcontractors,” said Mike Williams, Luminant's chief fossil officer.
The completed units are designed to have lower emission rates than any existing lignite plant in the state and at least 70 percent lower than the national coal plant average. The plants’ environmental controls are designed to substantially reduce nitrogen oxide emissions, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter. Oak Grove is also the nation's first pulverized coal plant fueled by lignite to use new activated carbon sorbent injection technology to remove mercury.
Oak Grove Unit 2 is moving into the final on-line testing phase, which when completed, will make the unit fully available for reliability dispatch by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
About Luminant
Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corp., is a competitive power generation business, including mining, wholesale marketing and trading, construction and development operations. Luminant has 18,300 megawatts of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW fueled by nuclear power and 8,000 MW fueled by coal. The company is also the largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity in Texas and fifth largest in the United States. EFH is a Dallas-based energy holding company that has a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy subsidiaries, primarily in Texas. Visit www.luminant.com or www.energyfutureholdings.com for additional information.
About Fluor Corporation
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) designs, builds and maintains many of the world's most challenging and complex projects. Through its global network of offices on six continents, the company provides comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and project management. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Fluor is a FORTUNE 200 company and had revenues of $22 billion in 2009. For more information, visit www.fluor.com.
Fluor CorporationMedia RelationsKeith Stephens, 469-398-7624orBrian Mershon, 469-398-7621orInvestor RelationsKen Lockwood, 469-398-7220orJason Landkamer, 469-398-7222