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    Powering Africa with Wärtsilä's Flexible Engine Technology

    Wärtsilä engines are the best choice to provide flexible, efficient and decarbonised energy to the continent

Why choose engine technology over turbines?

Engine power plants offer flexible, efficient, and reliable power generation;  providing an ideal solution to utilities as they pursue renewable energy and decarbonization goals. 

Wärtsilä engines can respond to any grid needs within five minutes, maintain high performance under extreme operating conditions and are fuel flexible - able to run on natural gas, biogas, fuel oil, LPG, other liquid fuels, and hydrogen blends

 

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General Manager, Business Development
East and South Africa
Wärtsilä Energy

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General Manager, Business Development
West and North Africa
Wärtsilä Energy

Sujen Balakisson 

Business Development Manager
South Africa
Wärtsilä Energy

Reports

Wärtsilä in Africa

7.6 GW

of engine power plant capacity installed.

46

countries served in Africa

600+

engines installed across the continent

180+

customers across the continent

Our engines' impact globally:

  • AGL-Reference-image
    AGL Energy Limited - Australia

    To improve its energy reliability, AGL Energy Limited, one of Australia’s leading integrated energy companies, turned to Wärtsilä for dispatchable power.

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  • limbe-power-plant-reference-slide
    Limbe Power Plant - Cameroon

    Eneo Cameroon’s Limbe power plant could generate only about 40% of the installed total capacity of 80MW. Wärtsilä’s solution was a complete rehabilitation; a total overhaul of four Wärtsilä 18V46 engines and five alternators.

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  • Chambersburg
    Chambersburg peaking power plant - USA

    Chambersburg updated the automation system of their 23-megawatt power plant consisting of four Wärtsilä 18V32DF dual-fuel engines to achieve better reliability. The upgrade enables faster ramp-up times and minimizes start failures, which are key features for getting the power plant online quickly.

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  • Kenya East Africa’s Power House2
    Gulf Power - Kenya

    The tailor-made O&M contract was a result of a natural process and the team to operate and maintain the power plant was assigned locally from Wärtsilä Eastern Africa. The plant provides base load power to the national grid of Kenya.

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  • Paras Energy
    Paras Energy, Nigeria

    Since deciding in 2009 that its three new power plants would operate with Wärtsilä gas engines rather than gas turbines, the conventional choice at that time in Nigeria, Paras Energy has continued to benefit from that decision.

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  • Kaloum 5 - Republic of Guinea
    Kaloum 5 - Republic of Guinea

    Power plant overhaul boosts availability and grid stability.

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  • Bali 200 MW
    PLTD Pesanggaran, Indonesia

    Grid stability in Indonesia – 200MW multi-fuel power plant generating reliable electricity in Bali with operational and fuel flexibility

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  • marquette
    Marquette Energy Center - Michigan, USA

    Flexible power plant provides reliability with sustainable fuels in The Great Lakes state. In order to secure a reliable energy supply and enable more renewable energy, Marquette Board of Light and Power (MBLP) in Michigan, USA, opted for Wärtsilä Smart Power Generation technology.

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  • Makuhari Power Plant, Japan
    Makuhari - Japan

    The Wärtsilä 34SG engines combined with cooling and heating properties allow ENAC to focus on its core competence of providing energy services to its nine main customers. The solution provided by Wärtsilä is in line with the environmental values of ENAC as well as the energy and heat demand of the Makuhari New City.

  • Manisa Power Plant
    Manisa - Turkey

    Wärtsilä was awarded a power plant contract for an 85 MW replacement, and extension of an existing diesel power plant at Manisa in Western Turkey. It involved the very first three Wärtsilä 50DF generating sets for a power plant installation, delivered in 2004. Four Wärtsilä 34SG sets were added in an extension in 2005.

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  • Benndale, Mississippi, USA
    Cooperative Energy - Benndale, MS, USA

    Cooperative Energy was looking to upgrade one of its plants in order to help it supply affordable, flexible and reliable power. Wärtsilä’s comprehensive solution comprises a plant powered by two gas-fired Wärtsilä 31SG engine generating sets and covered by a 10-year service agreement.

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Press releases

Wärtsilä's seventh generation GEMS Digital Energy Platform supports rapid pace of scale and change in global energy storage industry

Aug 6, 2024, 08:01 by Wärtsilä Corporation

Technology group Wärtsilä introduces GEMS 7, the latest generation of its GEMS Digital Energy Platform. GEMS is a mature software platform that monitors, controls, and optimises energy assets at both site and portfolio levels. GEMS 7 operates autonomously to support multi-gigawatt-hour-scale energy storage projects, a key advancement for operators as multi-GWh sites become more widespread. GEMS 7 also allows customers to comply with dynamic utility and market regulations quickly and easily as they adapt to renewable energy sources. GEMS has operated more than 100 projects deployed across global markets including Australia, North America, Europe, Taiwan, and Chile.

Key features for the newest generation of the GEMS software were developed in response to customer needs – including architecture upgrades that enable GEMS to control multi-GWh-scale BESS facilities within a fraction of a second, all while providing asset visibilities at a battery cell level. Additional improvements include more comprehensive and actionable visualisations for the management of large sites, site partitioning for allocation to different revenue streams, controls to enable and automate regular cell balancing and state of charge calibration, granular alarm management features, optionality to restrict remote site control, reduced latency for fast frequency response events - critical in both California and Australia - and ongoing module-level data access for users.

GEMS 7, like previous versions, provides a single, unified platform in which plant owners can control and monitor project hardware, including battery energy storage systems, renewable and thermal generation assets, as well as full balance of plant assets.

"An effective software system meets increasingly short response time requirements, provides ample data for monitoring and analysis to remote asset management teams, and is adaptable to changing grid requirements like synthetic inertia. GEMS 7 can seamlessly offer these types of services, and its new capabilities mean we’re even better positioned to help our customers adapt to dynamic global markets," says Ruchira Shah, General Manager, Software Product Management at Wärtsilä Energy. "Our customers’ needs are constantly evolving as battery power plant sizes continue to grow. GEMS 7 is a response to that need. It also further exemplifies our focus to mature our incredibly robust software platform."

Spanning grid-scale, hybrid, and islanded solutions, GEMS enables advanced energy applications that increase resilience and efficiency and can be supported by existing grid infrastructure. GEMS supports intelligent energy applications that deliver a true “renewables as baseload” solution.

Media contact for more information on this release:

Johanna Juuti
General Manager
Wärtsilä Energy
Mob +358 50 339 0852
johanna.juuti@wartsila.com

Image caption: Wärtsilä introduces GEMS 7, the latest generation of its GEMS Digital Energy Platform.
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Wärtsilä Energy in brief
Wärtsilä Energy is at the forefront of the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our customers and the power sector to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system expertise. Our solutions include flexible engine power plants, energy storage and optimisation technology, and services for the whole lifecycle of our installations. Our engines are future-proof and can run on sustainable fuels. Our track record comprises 79 GW of power plant capacity, of which 18 GW are under service agreements, and over 125 energy storage systems, in 180 countries around the world.
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Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. We emphasise innovation in sustainable technology and services to help our customers continuously improve environmental and economic performance. Our dedicated and passionate team of 17,800 professionals in more than 280 locations in 79 countries shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. In 2023, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 6.0 billion. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
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