Boustead Singapore says wholly-owned subsidiary, Boustead Salcon Water Solutions – a leading global specialist in water and wastewater engineering – has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to design, engineer and construct a water treatment and return condensate plant for TP Utilities, a subsidiary of Tuas Power, the third largest power generation corporation in Singapore.

The plant was awarded to Salcon by Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni), one of Japan’s largest conglomerates and EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) corporations, which secured the EPC contract from TPU to construct the US$250 million Tuas Power Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex, the first and largest of its kind in Singapore to employ a fuel mix of coal and tropical biomass for the generation of utilities. The complex is due to be completed in 2012 and is located at the rapidly expanding Tembusu industrial sector on Jurong Island.

The plant will comprise a 1,800 cubic metres/day reverse osmosis raw water treatment facility and 6,000 cubic metres/day return condensate treatment facility to recover condensate from the utility boiler section, reducing the amount of makeup water required and providing significant savings on fuel.

With the award of the plant, Salcon has now been awarded contracts to design, engineer and construct water and wastewater treatment plants for all three major power generation corporations in Singapore. In 2009, Salcon successfully delivered a 3,600 cubic metres/day demineralisation plant for PowerSeraya at its 800MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant at Pulau Seraya Power Station. In 2005, Salcon completed the very first seawater desalination plant in Singapore, which is located at the 2,600MW Senoko Power Station owned by Senoko Energy, Singapore’s largest power generation and retail corporation.