HELSINKI, Finland (March 15, 2017)—Wärtsilä will supply a 38 megawatt (MW) power plant to a Saudi Arabian customer, according to a statement from the company.
The turn-key engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order includes four Wärtsilä 32TS engines. The order is booked in the first quarter of 2017.
The company said the Wärtsilä 32TS engine, a two-stage turbocharged version of the Wärtsilä 32 series, is optimized for extreme ambient conditions. It is designed to deliver efficiency with reduced fuel and water consumption in high altitudes and hot temperatures while complying with the World Bank’s EHS (Environment, Health and Safety) guidelines for NOx emissions.
This power plant will be the first Wärtsilä 32TS installation to operate primarily on crude oil, with heavy and light fuel oils as backup fuels, according to the company.
“In addition to the very high efficiency, the main cornerstones of our solutions are exceptional operational flexibility, multi-fuel capability, and minimal water consumption—even in hot conditions,” said Qasim Latif, business development manager at Wärtsilä Energy Solutions. “Together these features, along with the ability to act as a state-of-the-art enabler of renewable energy integration, make our solutions very well-suited for the Saudi Arabian market.”
Wärtsilä has been present in Saudi Arabia for more than 40 years. Upon completion of this project, Wärtsilä will have more than 1,900 MW of installed capacity in the country. Globally, Wärtsilä's installed base is over 63 GW in 176 countries.