Greentech Lead Asia: Fluor, an engineering, procurement
and construction (EPC) contractor, has set up LDK Solar’s polysilicon plant in
China.
LDK Solar will produce solar-grade silicon for the
photovoltaic industry at this plant.
The production of polysilicon, which consists of small
silicon crystals, is a complicated step in the solar value chain.
Fluor provided engineering, procurement and construction
management services for the plant.
The construction was completed in late 2011, which met
LDK’s budget requirements. After the completion of the first of the three production
lines, LDK Solar has started the initial production of photovoltaic
polycrystalline silicon at the plant.
“Fluor’s project execution was exemplary and the
team responded to changing circumstances in a timely and professional manner
while exhibiting the discipline to keep the project on schedule. The project
featured a first-class safety record. Fluor also designed first rate safety
features into the polysilicon plant and has continuously transferred knowledge
and competency to the benefit of the LDK organization,” said Goran Bye,
president and chief executive officer of the LDK Silicon & Chemical
Technology.
Fluor continues to provide debottlenecking services at
the plant and is implementing new technologies to increase the production for
this facility.
“We are proud of our partnership with LDK Solar to
help realize this world-class chemical plant that will lead the photovoltaic
industry for years. We appreciate LDK Solar’s confidence in Fluor to continue
to expand this operation and assist in reducing the total life-cycle facility
costs of the plant,” said Ken Choudhary, senior vice president of Fluor’s
Energy & Chemicals group.
Recently, Fluor
provided engineering, procurement and construction management services for
replacing an aging, less efficient power plant at 37-year-old Thomas C.
Ferguson Power Plant, near Marble Falls, Texas. Â
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