The technology group Wärtsilä will perform an upgrading venture of the electrical and automation systems to make sure optimum reliability of the Kribi energy plant within the Republic of Cameroon.
The 216 MW plant has been in operation for almost ten years, operating with 13 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines operating totally on natural gasoline. At the time of commissioning, it was the most important fuel engine energy plant in Sub-Saharan Africa. Wärtsilä will also assist the customer’s operational and upkeep efficiency with a 10-year long-term service settlement.
The order with Wärtsilä was positioned by Kribi power development company (KPDC), a subsidiary of Globeleq, an impartial energy producer (IPP) and the owner and operator of energy generating facilities throughout Africa. The order shall be booked in Wärtsilä’s order intake in Q3/2022.
“The Kribi energy plant has a vital position within the African energy sector. It remains to be today supplying two-thirds of the thermal vitality in Cameroon. Cameroon’s energy system depends closely on hydropower, but has unsure assets of water. The Kribi plant, due to this fact, performs a key role in ensuring a supply of protected, low cost, and reliable vitality. For this reason we are eager to improve the power plant’s automation methods to the most recent design to make sure optimum reliability, and to strengthen our cooperation with Wärtsilä, leveraging their competences on a continuous basis within the framework of the long-term service agreement,” commented Gionata Visconti, Chief Operating Officer, Globeleq.
“Wärtsilä has a strong regional presence, which permits us to supply priceless technical support that optimises engine efficiency and maximises the manufacturing capabilities of this energy plant which has such a significant role in Cameroon’s power provide. We are also in a position to ensure the provision of important spare parts, and that is an essential element within the long-term service settlement between our corporations. All in all, this is a very important venture, each for the shopper and for Wärtsilä,” said Markus Ljungkvist, Vice President, Services, Wärtsilä Energy.
The venture is scheduled to commence in 2023. To make เกจ์วัดแรงดันลม of the plant’s output, the work shall be carried out on one engine at a time. The long-term service settlement includes distant operational assist, maintenance planning, technical advisory and distant troubleshooting companies, as properly as spare elements.
Long-term service agreements are an integral a half of Wärtsilä’s lifecycle services providing. They are based mostly on utilisation of the newest digital applied sciences, and supported by the company’s intensive know-how and understanding of energy era installations.
Wärtsilä has altogether equipped 550 MW of producing capacity to the Republic of Cameroon, and 7.5 GW to the whole of Africa, of which greater than 25 per cent are lined by Wärtsilä service agreements.
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