Wärtsilä wins 117 MWe contract to supply turn...

 Wärtsilä Corporation, Press Release, 29 December 2009, at 12.00 p.m. local time


Wärtsilä's strengths are the ability to meet the demands of a fast track project
with reliable equipment at a competitive price. In addition, Wärtsilä's high
quality local service support is very well appreciated.

Wärtsilä, a leading provider of flexible decentralised power generation
solutions, has been awarded a turnkey contract to supply a complete power
station for the Kipevu III thermal power project in Mombasa, Kenya's second
largest city. The plant will generate 117 MWe and will supply electricity to the
national grid. The contract was signed in November and the plant is scheduled to
be operational in January 2011. The order has been placed by the Kenya
Electricity Generating Company Ltd (Kengen), a partly state owned utility.

Wärtsilä will supply seven of its Wärtsilä 18V46 engines, initially to be run on
heavy fuel oil, to provide the generating capacity for flexible baseload supply.
The delivery also includes a gas insulated switchgear substation for connection
to the existing grid. The power plant will also provide the utility with
reliable grid stability.

In announcing the award of this contract, Tony van Velzen, Regional Director for
Africa, Wärtsilä Power Plants, commented: "Our customer requested a fast track
project with reliable equipment at a competitive price, and Wärtsilä was able to
meet these demands. Additionally, the engines can be converted to gas when gas
supply is locally available. Our local presence and ability to provide service
support was also a critical factor in our being selected."

When completed the Kipevu III project will bring a total generating capacity
delivered by Wärtsilä to Kenya in excess of 350 MW.


Flexible baseload power generation

Competitive lifecycle costs, world-class product quality, fuel and operational
flexibility and proven long-term reliability make Wärtsilä power plants suitable
for both stationary and floating baseload applications. Wärtsilä's flexible
baseload power plants cater perfectly to the needs of, for example, utilities
and Independent Power Producers (IPPs).

These plants are flexible to follow the actual load and produce the necessary
electricity typically from natural gas, heavy fuel oil and from bio fuels. And
as global energy consumption grows, the high modularity of Wärtsilä's products
makes it easy to expand or modify the power plant to meet these future needs.

Depending on the load profile, ambient conditions and what fuel is
available Wärtsilä makes sure customers will get the most productive and
cost-effective solution - even in the most challenging locations - in city
centres, remote regions of developing countries, distant islands, and in places
with extreme climates, and other places considered too challenging for other
forms of power generation.



For further information, please contact:

Atte Palomäki
Group Vice President, Communications and Branding
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel:    +358 40 547 6390
e-mail: [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>

Investor and analyst enquiries:
Joséphine Mickwitz
Director, Investor Relations
Tel.     +358 400 784 889
e-mail: [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>

Tony van Velzen
Regional Director, Africa
Wärtsilä Power Plants
Tel:     [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

Maria Nystrand
Publicity Manager
Wärtsilä Power Plants
Tel:    [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>

Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine
and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total
efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the
vessels and power plants of its customers.
In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000 employees.
The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world.
Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.

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