The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded full engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts for two power plants in Latin America. Wärtsilä will also operate and maintain both of the plants under a 10-year operation & maintenance service agreement (O&M). Together, the EPC orders are valued at over EUR 190M. The O&M agreements will take effect when the plants commence operations, and Wärtsilä will recognize the orders intake following commissioning. Each plant will operate using eleven Wärtsilä 50SG gas engines and together they will produce over 400 MW of power output. The electricity produced will be fed to the national grid in flexible baseload mode. The fast-starting flexibility of the Wärtsilä solution enables the efficient integration of larger amounts of renewable energy into the system.
The two plants are expected to be operational at the end of 2021. With an operation & maintenance solution, Wärtsilä takes full responsibility for the power plants and guarantees the plants’ performance. The solution provides a holistic approach, and utilizes digital innovations and advanced analytics to ensure that the running and maintaining of the plant is optimized with its operating profile.