Wärtsilä Appointed EPC Contractor in Sierra Leone

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Wärtsilä has been appointed the EPC contractor for a 57-MW Smart Power Generation plant in Sierra Leone. The contract is from CECA SL Generation Ltd., a Sierra Leone company co-owned by CEC Africa Investments and TCQ Power. The turn-key order includes six Wärtsilä 32 engines running on heavy fuel oil.

Once the project is complete, Sierra Leone’s power generating capacity will increase by 40%. The plant is expected to be operational within 18 months from the ground-breaking.

Wärtsilä’s scope of supply includes the EPC of the power plant, plus 1.3 km of fuel pipeline from a jetty to the site, and 8 km of overhead power lines. The order was included in Wärtsilä’s order book in Q3 2016.

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