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Monday, December 19, 2016
Wärtsilä will supply a 40-MW Smart Power Generation plant to Geita Gold Mining Limited in Tanzania. The turn-key engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order includes four Wärtsilä 32TS engines running on heavy or light fuel oil. The plant is expected to be operational during Q1 2018. The order is included in Wärtsilä’s order book for Q4 2016.
The power plant will provide a reliable electricity supply to the Geita gold mine. Being off-grid means that the mine needs to secure its own power supply and Wärtsilä’s technology fits the need very well. Since the mine needs to remain operational at all times, the reliability, high efficiency, and quality of the Wärtsilä solution were key factors in the award of the contract.
The Wärtsilä 32TS engines are two-staged turbocharged, making them ideally suited for tough operating environments, such as the high elevation location of the Geita mine.
“Our two-stage turbocharged 32TS engines are well suited for this particular application. The Wärtsilä power plant offers high simple cycle efficiency, and little deration on the electrical power at the elevated site conditions,” says Joost Bos, Business Development Manager at Wärtsilä Energy Solutions.
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