Irving-based Fluor wins $420 million solar panel manufacturing contract in Singapore

by PegNews wire

IRVING — Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) Group for the engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM), and commissioning services for a new solar panel manufacturing complex in Singapore. REC is one of the most integrated companies across the solar value chain and this new complex will produce wafers, cells and modules for its growing global market.

Fluor’s contract is worth approximately $420 million and its scope of work includes the utilities, infrastructure, facilities and roadways.

“Fluor has established a great relationship with REC working with the company in both the polysilicon production and solar component production arenas,” said Ivor Harrington, senior vice president of Fluor’s Manufacturing & Life Sciences business line. “This important project will be executed from our newly expanded Singapore office and will draw upon our global expertise of executing some of the most complex projects around the world.”

Fluor executed conceptual and preliminary engineering from its Dublin office and will execute the project’s detailed design from its Singapore and Manila offices. Groundbreaking took place in July 2008 with production at the complex scheduled to begin in early 2010.

Source: Fluor Corp.