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Wärtsilä to Operate and Maintain Sasol Plant
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sasol has signed an agreement with Wärtsilä to operate and maintain a power plant in Sasolburg. In a statement the South African firm revealed that its subsidiary Sasol New Energy was building a gas power station in Sasolburg to supplement the group's electricity supply.
The plant would be operational from 2013.
Over 140 MW of electricity would be generated from natural gas, a cleaner and more efficient fossil fuel than coal.
“This is a milestone for us as we move closer to increasing our own electricity generation capacity for our local requirements,” said Sasol New Energy head Henri Loubser.
Wärtsilä will operate and maintain the facility on behalf of Sasol New Energy for three years.
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