Wärtsilä gas power plant with an Optimised maintenance agreement

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. As the company’s success gathers momentum, a new Wärtsilä Optimized maintenance agreement has been specifically tailored to support these growth ambitions.

Paras Energy is a 100 percent privately-owned independent Nigerian energy provider connected to the country’s national grid. This, however, has not always been the case. Until 2008-9, Paras was a steel producer with plans to install its own dedicated power generating plants in order to become self-sufficient for its energy needs.
The national grid at the time was not particularly stable, and interruptions to the electricity supply were affecting production.
It was then that discussions with Wärtsilä began.