The expertise group Wärtsilä will perform an upgrading venture of the electrical and automation methods to ensure optimum reliability of the Kribi power plant in the Republic of Cameroon.
The 216 MW plant has been in operation for nearly ten years, working with thirteen Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines operating totally on natural gasoline. At the time of commissioning, it was the most important gasoline engine energy plant in Sub-Saharan Africa. Wärtsilä may also support the customer’s operational and maintenance efficiency with a 10-year long-term service agreement.
The order with Wärtsilä was positioned by Kribi energy improvement firm (KPDC), a subsidiary of Globeleq, an independent energy producer (IPP) and the owner and operator of energy producing services throughout Africa. The order will be booked in Wärtsilä’s order intake in Q3/2022.
“ เกจวัดแรงดันน้ำราคา has a vital position inside the African vitality sector. It is still today supplying two-thirds of the thermal power in Cameroon. Cameroon’s vitality system depends heavily on hydropower, but has uncertain resources of water. The Kribi plant, therefore, performs a key position in ensuring a provide of secure, cheap, and reliable energy. For this purpose we are eager to upgrade the ability plant’s automation techniques to the latest design to make sure optimum reliability, and to strengthen our cooperation with Wärtsilä, leveraging their competences on a continuous foundation inside the framework of the long-term service agreement,” commented Gionata Visconti, Chief Operating Officer, Globeleq.
“Wärtsilä has a robust regional presence, which allows us to supply useful technical help that optimises engine performance and maximises the manufacturing capabilities of this energy plant which has such a major role in Cameroon’s energy supply. We are also able to make sure the availability of critical spare elements, and this is a vital element inside the long-term service settlement between our firms. All in all, this could be a very important challenge, each for the shopper and for Wärtsilä,” stated Markus Ljungkvist, Vice President, Services, Wärtsilä Energy.
The project is scheduled to start in 2023. To ensure the continuity of the plant’s output, the work might be carried out on one engine at a time. The long-term service agreement includes distant operational assist, maintenance planning, technical advisory and distant troubleshooting companies, in addition to spare components.
Long-term service agreements are an integral a half of Wärtsilä’s lifecycle companies offering. They are based mostly on utilisation of the most recent digital technologies, and supported by the company’s intensive know-how and understanding of energy generation installations.
Wärtsilä has altogether provided 550 MW of producing capability to the Republic of Cameroon, and seven.5 GW to the whole of Africa, of which more than 25 per cent are covered by Wärtsilä service agreements.
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