Wärtsilä, a leading
global supplier of
flexible and
efficient power plant
solutions, has been awarded
three more contracts to
supply power plant
generating equipment to
Bangladesh. The total
overall output of these
plants will be more than 250
mw, and all of them will
produce electricity to be
supplied to the national grid.
Delivery of the plants will
be made on a fast-track basis
in order to meet the tight
construction schedules.
These three contracts follow
two other power plant
orders from Bangladesh that
Wärtsilä announced earlier
in January 2012.
The Government of
Bangladesh has initiated a
programme to rapidly
increase its country's
electricity production.
Wärtsilä's ability to supply
efficient and flexible
generating equipment on a
fast-track basis has resulted
in these important new
contracts. Another key
factor in Wärtsilä being
awarded these contracts was
the company's unique
technological ability to
easily convert the engines to
run on gas once gas becomes
available. Furthermore,
Wärtsilä employs nearly 500
people in the country and
can give unmatched support
to all Wärtsilä installations
throughout the region.
One of the power plants is
scheduled to be operational
before the end of 2012 and
two are planned to be in
operation by April 2013.
Ace Alliance Power Ltd, an
independent power
producer (IPP), has ordered
seventeen 20-cylinder
Wärtsilä 32 engines and
auxiliary units with a total
output of approximately 150
MW. The new power plant
will operate initially on
heavy fuel oil (HFO), but the
engines are ready to switch
to gas operation when a
supply of natural gas
becomes available. The
second order from the
independent power
producer Raj-Lanka Power
Company Ltd comprises six
20-cylinder Wärtsilä 32
generating sets with
auxiliaries, which will
produce a total output of 50
mw. The third order is from
Max-Lanka Power Ltd,
which is also an IPP. The new
Max-Lanka Power site will
operate using six 20-cylinder
Wärtsilä 32 engines plus
auxiliary units.