US air base goes solar with $26.6m project

Amec Foster Wheeler is to install a 750kW solar energy and battery storage system on the US Air Force’s Wake Island base. The firm has been awarded a $26.6 million (£20.7m) contract, which will also involve modernising the site’s electrical distribution system, made up of around eight miles of medium-voltage electrical upgrades. The three-square-mile airfield, […]

Amec Foster Wheeler secures £4m nuclear waste contracts

Amec Foster Wheeler has secured two contracts worth £4 million from the firm that manages the UK’s lower level radioactive waste. LLW Repository operates the UK’s Low Level Waste Repository in West Cumbria on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and also oversees the management of lower activity waste throughout the country. Amec Foster Wheeler […]

Competition watchdog concerned about Wood Group-Amec Foster merger

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned the proposed £2.2 billion takeover of oil services firm Amec Foster Wheeler by its larger rival Wood Group raises “competition concerns”. It has been investigating the planned merger of the two companies, which supply engineering services to the upstream offshore oil and gas sector. Its initial […]

Amec Foster Wheeler to lead £2.9m nuclear research

A project management firm has been appointed by the UK Government to lead a £2.9 million research programme into the next generation of nuclear power. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) awarded the contract to Amec Foster Wheeler to use virtual engineering and high-performance computing to improve the design, development and construction of […]

Oil and gas service firms in £2.2bn merger

Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) has agreed to a £2.2 billion share-only takeover from Wood Group. The two firms will merge into a single £5 billion business, which will provide services to the oil and gas, alternative energy, chemicals and mining industries. Wood Group said it expects opportunities for cost and revenue synergies in the region of […]

Uk nuclear fleet gets £125m support deal

Amec Foster Wheeler has secured a £125 million deal to continue supporting EDF Energy‘s nuclear power plants. Under the Technical Support Alliance 3 (TSA3) agreement, the engineering consultancy will provide operational support to the UK reactor fleet for at least the next five years. Amec Foster Wheeler expects the contract, which follows the previous partnership frameworks of TSA1 and TSA2, to generate annual […]

EDF awards nuclear project management deal

Engineering firm Amec Foster Wheeler has secured a nine-year contract with power provider EDF Energy. Under the agreement, the company will provide project management services for all of EDF’s nuclear power stations as well as the technical offices in Gloucester and East Kilbride in Scotland. The power plants include Sizewell in Suffolk, Hunterston in North […]