Wärtsilä power plants are the ideal solution for decentralized power production and an attractive alternative to the conventional model of centralized power plants.
Wärtsilä’s solutions are available for large plants of 500 + MW capacity. Our gas based power plants are highly flexible and offer the following benefits:
Our power plants can be used for base-load applications or for peak-load needs or to complement wind energy. Our engines can handle liquid fuels such as HFO/LSHS, LFO, LBF or natural gas. Versatile dual-fuel engines can switch between liquid fuel and gas, on line. The CCHP solutions have a very low CO2 footprint, and merit status of ‘deemed renewable energy’.
We provide complete EPC solutions and lifecycle O&M support.
Wärtsilä Energy Solutions has now an installed base of more than 7000 MW with close to 384 power plants of different types in the Middle East region. This includes the largest power plant in the world, IPP3 in Jordan, powered by 38 Wärtsilä 50DF multi-fuel engines with a combined capacity of 573 MW. In recognition of its world record size, the plant has been accepted into the Guinness book of records.
We have a total installed based of 1,897.5 MW in Saudi Arabia, with a large service organisation to provide lifecycle support to customers.
Wärtsilä leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our customers in decarbonisation by developing market-leading technologies. These cover future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS energy management platform. Wärtsilä Energy’s lifecycle services are designed to increase efficiency, promote reliability and guarantee operational performance.
Our track record comprises 74 GW of power plant capacity and more than 80 energy storage systems delivered to 180 countries around the world.
The power sector will face dramatic changes in the next decade. These challenges will be discussed in our newly launched webcast series Rethink Energy: Navigating change in the power sector. In these webcast episodes, we will be talking to industry experts to get their perspectives on topics such as Rethinking Power Grids, Power Generation, Energy Storage, Energy Transition, and Systems Planning.
The technology group Wärtsilä is a signatory to the Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization initiative launched in conjunction with the U.N. General Assembly on 22 September. It will be delivered to world governments ahead of COP26, the U.N’s Climate Change Conference being held this autumn in Glasgow, Scotland. The signatories urge world leaders to align shipping with the Paris Agreement temperature goal, and to fully decarbonize shipping using net-zero energy sources by 2050.
The Call to Action is being made by companies and organisations representing the entire maritime value chain, including shipping, cargo, energy, finance, ports, and infrastructure. They believe that an urgent and equitable decarbonization of the maritime supply chain by 2050 is both possible and necessary, with zero emission shipping becoming the default choice by 2030.
“Wärtsilä is proud to be a signatory to this Call to Action. We have taken a leading position in transitioning the marine sector towards a decarbonised future. This we do through technological development delivering greater efficiencies, through advanced research into potential future carbon-free fuels, and by harnessing our vast experience and depth of know-how to achieve a cleaner and greener future for shipping,” says Roger Holm, President, Wärtsilä Marine Power.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set a goal to reduce GHG emissions by at least 50 percent compared to 2008 levels by 2050. While this represents an important first step, Call to Action believes that a clear target needs to be set for the shipping sector to be run entirely on net-zero energy sources by 2050.
In order to achieve this, the signatories believe that by 2030 at least five percent zero emission fuels must be reached in international shipping, with commercially viable zero emission vessels operating along deep-sea trade routes. This will involve having the necessary infrastructure for scalable zero emission fuels and energy sources, including distribution, storage, and bunkering facilities.
Wärtsilä and other private sector companies are leading the way and taking concrete actions to achieve these ambitions. Call to Action feels that decisive government actions and policy frameworks are urgently needed in order to reach the 2030 and 2050 targets.
The Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization has been developed by a multi-stakeholder taskforce convened by the Getting to Zero Coalition – a partnership between the Global Maritime Forum, the World Economic Forum, and Friends of Ocean Action. Wärtsilä joined the “Getting to Zero Coalition” in September, 2019.
Media contact for more information on this release:
Ms Marit Holmlund-Sund General Manager, Marketing Communications Wärtsilä Marine Power Mobile +358 (0)40 538 3519 marit.holmlund-sund@wartsila.com |
Image caption: Wärtsilä is a signatory to the Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization initiative launched in conjunction with the U.N. General Assembly on 22 September. © Global Maritime Forum (GMF)
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