The expertise group Wärtsilä will supply an 18 MW extension to the power producing facility and improve the electrical and automation system of the prevailing energy plant at the Sabodala-Massawa gold mine complicated in Senegal, West Africa.
The mine is owned by Endeavour Mining, a leading world gold producer. The upgrading and extension venture will enable for the whole integration of all of the site’s power generating capacity, while ensuring the availability of the needed electric power to maintain up and expand the mine’s production schedules
he order with Wärtsilä was placed by Sabodala Gold Operations and it has been booked in Wärtsilä’s order intake in Q3 2022. The project will be delivered under an entire engineering, procurement and building (EPC) contract.
Sabodala-Massawa mine is the most important producing gold mine in Senegal and is located within the jap a half of the nation in the Kedougou region. Endeavour’s planned mine enlargement will remodel Sabodala-Massawa right into a top-tier gold asset with incremental manufacturing.
“Wärtsilä has a depth of experience in delivering power options for mining operations around the globe. Not being related to the grid signifies that the captive plant has to be able to offering a reliable provide of electricity at all times, since no power equals no production. The Wärtsilä 32 engines chosen for this growth challenge have established a powerful popularity for prime efficiency and reliability under even probably the most troublesome ambient circumstances, eliminating revenue losses from energy shortages,” mentioned Marc Thiriet, Energy Business Director, Africa West, Wärtsilä.
The three Wärtsilä 32 engines to be put in are 20 per cent extra gas environment friendly than the plant’s present engines. Their gas efficiency minimises the environmental impression by lowering harmful CO2 emissions. In addition to their excellent performance, they’ve the flexibility to assist a smooth transition to the integration of solar power and power storage into the system. The upgrade of the electrical and automation system will optimise the interconnection and management for the existing energy plant with the extension.
The project is expected to be accomplished and commissioned before the tip of 2023.
Wärtsilä is Senegal’s leading เพรสเชอร์เกจคือ of energy producing equipment, and already has 543 MW of put in capacity in altogether 20 energy plants in the country. 458 MW of this capability is beneath Wärtsilä long-term service agreements.
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