| Company name : | Wärtsilä Corporation | |
| Street : | John Stenbergin ranta 2, FI-00531 | |
| City : | Helsinki | |
| Website : | www.wartsila.com/ | |
| E-mail : | corpcom@wartsila.com | |
| Phone : | +358 10 709 0000 | |
| Fax : | +358 10 709 5700 | |
| Office Type : | Head office | |
| Country Name : | Finland | |
Wärtsilä Corporation, Company Announcement, 31 January 2012, at 3:00 PM (EET)
A bid consortium consisting of Korea Electric Power Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation and Wärtsilä Corporation has been selected by National Electric Power Company of Jordan (NEPCO) to build and operate IPP3, an independent power producer project in Jordan.
The bid consortium intends to sign a turnkey contract for the project with a separate EPC consortium, led by Wärtsilä. The total output of the power plant will be approximately 600 MW and once completed, it will supply electricity to NEPCO.
After signing of the expected contracts and the financial closing of the project, the power plant order will be announced later this year.
For further information, please contact:
Vesa Riihimäki
Group Vice President, Power Plants
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: +358 40 504 5929
vesa.riihimaki@wartsila.com
Markus Pietikäinen
Vice President, Group Treasury & Financial services
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: +358 40 525 3024
markus.pietikainen@wartsila.com
Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2011, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 4.2 billion with approximately 18,000 employees. The company has operations in nearly 170 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.
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Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants and services to the decentralized power generation market, has received two power plant orders from the Eastern Mediterranean islands. The combined value of these orders is approximately EUR 40 million. One order has been received to supply power generation equipment to the island of Lesvos belonging to Greece, and the other to Cyprus. These orders were taken into the order book during the first half of this year.
The contracts represent a total output of 72 MWe, The two new orders bring Wärtsilä’s power generating capacity in the region, either installed or on order, to more than 600 MW.
Local electricity demand surges dramatically during the tourist season when the resident population of some 120,000 people is outnumbered many times over by tourists. Wärtsilä’s decentralised power plants offer a flexible and highly efficient means of meeting these increases in demand, whilst at the same time creating low environmental impact.
The strict environmental protection norms of the EU require that the power plants are equipped with the best available harmful emission reduction technologies, and that they use very low sulphur content fuel oils. The Wärtsilä engines are equipped with the latest low emission technical solutions. Furthermore, since the Cyprus plant is located near the town of Larnaca, it is also equipped with a separate nitrogen oxides reduction system to remove most of the flue gas nitrogen oxides.
“There is a strong need to meet this seasonal demand for energy since it has such an impact on the local economy. The key requirements are for heavy duty units that can run on heavy fuel oil at full power during the five summer months while, at the same time, having the lowest emissions. Wärtsilä has shown repeatedly that we can meet these criteria, which is why we have such a strong market position here. Furthermore, Wärtsilä is the only company offering 24/7 service in the islands,” says Harry Lindroos, Regional Director, Eastern Europe, Wärtsilä Power Plants.
Wärtsilä has supplied power plants to the Eastern Mediterranean islands continuously since 1986.
For further information, please contact
Mr Harry Lindroos
Regional Director, Eastern Europe
Wärtsilä Power Plants
Tel. +358 40 501 9257
e-mail: harry.lindroos@wartsila.com
Mr Atte Palomäki
Group Vice President, Communications & Branding,
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: +358 40 5476390
e-mail: atte.palomaki @wartsila.com
Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.
In 2008, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000 employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.
Wärtsilä Corporation today introduced the new 20-cylinder 46F engine for power plant installations burning heavy fuel oil. The new engine develops 23,000 kW at 600 rpm, suitable for both 50 and 60 Hz electricity generation. It offers more power and less emissions than the existing 18-cylinder Wärtsilä 46 engine, while maintaining the high energy efficiency. Therefore the Wärtsilä 20V46F offers more value for money with lower lifecycle costs.
The new Wärtsilä 20V46F engine develops 1150 kW/cylinder compared with 975 kW/cylinder from the Wärtsilä 18V46, at 600 rpm (50/60 Hz) as opposed to 500 rpm (50 Hz) and 514 rpm (60 Hz) respectively.
The Wärtsilä 46F is especially environmentally friendly. It has low NOx emissions, down to 710 ppm NOx at 15% oxygen, which is the required level in India today. The Wärtsilä 20V46F will also be able to comply with the World Bank environmental requirements, which are becoming increasingly stringent. However, as it is a known fact that reducing NOx emissions has an adverse impact on fuel consumption, the Wärtsilä 20V46F incorporates design features which enable optimizing the fuel consumption while meeting the required NOx emission levels. Additionally, the engine can minimize the fuel consumption adaptively according to prevailing ambient conditions
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