Wärtsilä delivers a power plant to Brazil at ...

Wärtsilä Corporation, Company Announcement, 9 May 2008 at 11.30 am
EET
 
Wärtsilä has received an order for a turnkey power plant, valued at
EUR 80 million, to be delivered to Brazil. This order follows two
others, also for Brazil, signed in March 2008. All three plants are
due to be operational by the beginning of 2010. This order is
included in Wärtsilä's order book in the second quarter.
 
The customer is Maracanau Geradora de Energia SA, an independent
power producer. The contract is for a 168 MWe power plant to be
installed at Fortaleza in north-eastern Brazil. The customer is
contracted by the Brazilian authorities to provide flexible power
production as stand-by power for hydro generation, which accounts for
some 90 per cent of the country's electricity production.
Construction will begin in August 2008. A full operations and
maintenance (O&M) agreement is also under negotiation.
 
"Wärtsilä's flexible engine technology is ideally suited for this
kind of application", says Robson Campos, Regional Director, Wärtsilä
Brazil. "The high overall efficiency of the Wärtsilä engines,
together with the company's ability to provide a total power
solution, including operations and maintenance if required, were key
factors in our obtaining this valuable order."
 
The plant will comprise eight Wärtsilä 20V46F engines running on
heavy fuel oil. This is the first order for this particular engine,
which was launched in September 2007.
 
To date Wärtsilä has designed, projected and installed 17 power
plants in Brazil. These power plants - including this new order
together with the two orders received in March 2008, will produce a
combined generating capacity of 1300 MWe.
 
For further information please call:
 
Christoph Vitzthum, Group Vice President, Wärtsilä Power Plants, tel
+358 10 709 5670
Atte Palomäki, Group Vice President, Communications, Wärtsilä
Corporation, tel +358 40 547 6390
 
Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä enhances the business of its customers by providing them
with complete lifecycle power solutions. When creating better and
environmentally compatible technologies, Wärtsilä focuses on the
marine and energy markets with products and solutions as well as
services. Through innovative products and services, Wärtsilä sets out
to be the most valued business partner of all its customers. This is
achieved by the dedication of more than 17,000 professionals manning
160 Wärtsilä locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is
listed on The Nordic Exchange in Helsinki, Finland.
 
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