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LJUNGSTRӦM has acquired outright the SBS/HBS flue gas acid mitigation technology developed over many years by AECOM, who will continue to serve their existing customer installations in the USA under a maintenance license with LJUNGSTRÖM. This acquisition facilitates LJUNGSTRÖM’s mission to deliver flue gas management technologies and support its global customers with engineered solutions designed to maximize the efficiency, sustainability, and productivity of their operations.

“In addition to our traditional flue gas heat recovery solutions business, we are diversifying rapidly our Environmental Solutions offerings to include flue gas acid gas reduction, offshore wind fabrication, and carbon capture solutions,” states Randy Mossing, CEO LJUNGSTRӦM. “We are thrilled to expand our portfolio with this proven technology and remain committed to supporting our customers with engineered product and service solutions that create a positive environmental impact.”

Acquiring the SBS/HBS technology from AECOM will allow LJUNGSTRÖM to offer its Ljungström Injection® technology products globally for acid gas reduction to all industries where management of flue gas acid gases are necessary for environmental compliance, or to improve operation of plant and equipment.

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LJUNGSTRӦM has signed a contract with Riggs Distler & Company, Inc. to provide specialized structural steelwork for another offshore wind project. Ocean Wind I, New Jersey’s first offshore wind project developed by U.S. offshore wind leader Ørsted, will be located 15 miles off the coast of Southern New Jersey. The project will generate 1,100 MW of energy, which is enough to power more than 500,000 homes and is expected to begin commercial operations in 2025.

“We are thrilled to support our valuable partner, Riggs Distler, with another offshore wind farm project utilizing our strong manufacturing capabilities and highly skilled workforce”, says Matt Ferris, Managing Director, LJUNGSTRӦM USA. “We are committed to support the growth of offshore wind power in North America with our experienced know-how and unique know-why. We are pleased that current orders emphasize the trust in our technology and solutions.”

With this additional project LJUNGSTRÖM has structural component orders for over 2,800 MW of offshore wind capacity, and these deliveries for the Ocean Wind I project will be made to Ørsted’s offshore wind advanced foundation component center at Tradepoint Atlantic in Maryland, where Riggs Distler will employ more than 125 skilled tradesmen and women from local labor unions to assemble the components.

LJUNGSTRÖM is making a name for itself as the first U.S. based supplier of secondary structural steel components for the U.S. offshore wind industry. Being one of the essential suppliers to Sunrise Wind, Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind, and now Ocean Wind I, LJUNGSTRÖM proves its leadership in high quality fabrication, assembly, coating and shipping components that are essential to the wind turbine foundations. Dedicated to delivering exceptional quality and service, the company continues to further expand its workforce and manufacturing capabilities at its facility in Wellsville, New York.

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LJUNGSTRӦM has secured an order to supply tri-sector air preheaters for a high efficiency ultra-supercritical 1200MW coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. The power plant project, located in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, is expected to be commissioned in 2024, and will contribute to economic development in Vietnam through the stable supply of electricity as a base load power source.

The air preheater deliveries will begin in 2023, with significant scope being delivered from China and Japan, and will expand upon LJUNGSTRӦM’s existing installed base of equipment in Vietnam. Technical service support, erection assistance, and commissioning expertise will be provided by LJUNGSTRӦM’s experienced team in Japan.

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LJUNGSTRÖM selected as key supplier for New York’s latest offshore wind project

LJUNGSTRӦM has signed a contract with Riggs Distler & Company, Inc. to provide specialized structural steelwork for New York’s latest offshore wind project, Sunrise Wind. The wind farm joint development partnership between Ørsted and Eversource has the capacity to power nearly 600,000 homes with 100% renewable energy to help New York accomplish a carbon-free energy grid by 2040.

LJUNGSTRӦM will add additional workforce and expand the manufacturing capabilities at its Wellsville, NY facility. It is anticipated that 200,000 person-hours of skilled labor will be employed on the project to provide prefabricated steel components, including supported internal platforms and anode cage assemblies that are a fundamental element of the wind farm’s turbine foundations.

The Smulders Group, a leading manufacturer of offshore foundations, has signed a transfer of technology agreement with LJUNGSTRӦM and Riggs Distler & Company, Inc. to support the project with key knowledge transfer.

“This is a great opportunity for LJUNGSTRӦM to support our regional growth of Offshore Wind power with our highly skilled workforce and expertise in our New York facility. We are excited to support this and future projects with our strong manufacturing capabilities and exceptional quality that is required for the equipment in this offshore environment.” said Matt Ferris, Managing Director, LJUNGSTRӦM USA.

This represents an important milestone for LJUNGSTRӦM as part of its strategy to expand its activities into the fast-growing offshore wind power generation market.

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LJUNGSTRÖM – Doing our part to help lower NOx emissions

LJUNGSTRÖM continues to support the implementation of ultra-low emissions in the Chinese iron and steel industry with its gas-gas heaters (GGH) for flue gas Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) De-Nitrification plants. These SCR plants are typically a retrofit to the existing equipment at the iron and steel plants, and a vital part of the “Blue Sky Battle Plan” launched in 2018 to fight air pollution from industrial sources.

The Laiwu Iron and Steel Group Co. (Liagang Group) is a super large iron and steel complex with a production capacity of more than 10 million tons, and it is the largest production base in China for H-beams, gear steel, and powder metallurgy products.

LJUNGSTRÖM has completed the delivery and successful start-up of three (3) GGH units at the steel complex under aggressive and accelerated delivery schedules that required the support structure to be delivered within 60 days of the contract signing, and all remaining parts delivered within 90 days. Upon completion of the installation, commissioning and plant start-up the performance indexes of the GGH units met all the technical requirements of the contract, with the customer and plant owner thankful of the timely completion of the project and quality of the Ljungström® gas-gas heater equipment.

“We are excited that our equipment plays a key role in the reduction of air pollution in China, and continue to support customers with quality products that they can depend on. Our teams in Shanghai, Beijing and Nantong work tirelessly to meet our customer requirements and schedules.” said Haiming Li, Managing Director, LJUNGSTRÖM China. 

A sintering plant at a major steel works in Eastern Japan had a horizontal design Ljungström gas-gas heater (GGH) that had been operating for more than 40 years. The GGH had a rotor diameter of more than 10 meters, and during the past 3-4 years had been facing mechanical problems resulting from the long term operation, and equipment that had exceeded its design life. There was an urgent need to replace the aged unit with new equipment, but the customer faced the difficult decision of avoiding a long plant shutdown and outage to replace the unit. Restrictions from the plant operational needs and local governmental pollution regulations, meant that a shutdown window of only 2 months was available to complete the replacement, which was far less than the typical 8 month construction period to dismantle an erect a new gas-gas heater.

After analysing the schedule and space restrictions at the site, LJUNGSTRÖM developed a new construction method to shorten the overall construction period to 60 days. The tight project schedule also accommodated restrictions imposed by the COVID pandemic, such as delays on sea transportation and customs clearance. LJUNGSTRÖM completed the site pre-assembly of a new rotor unit at a limited space beside the existing GGH ahead of the construction period while complying with laws and meeting the customer needs. During the shutdown outage, the old GGH unit was disassembled within the first week, allowing 7 weeks for the construction of the new gas-gas heater. Lifting the pre-assembled rotor parts and unit with a large crane, LJUNGSTRÖM smoothly completed the construction work within the scheduled time frame.

“This project is a great success, and demonstrates the capabilities and flexibility of LJUNGSTRÖM to support our customers in challenging projects. We accomplished this replacement GGH within the aggressive construction schedule due to the expertise, commitment and focus of our LJUNGSTRÖM employees.” said Tomoharu Miyamoto, Managing Director, LJUNGSTRÖM Japan.