Wärtsilä to operate and maintain Nigerian power plant
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade and Technical Press release, 19 November2009Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for thedecentralized power generation market, has been awarded an operationsand maintenance (O&M) contract for 10 years by Lafarge Cement WAPCOPlc, a major cement manufacturer, to run its cement plant powerstation in Nigeria. By outsourcing the operations and maintenance toWärtsilä, the customer can focus on its core business.The O&M contract, signed in September, calls for Wärtsilä toundertake all aspects of operating and maintaining the on-site powerplant, including labour, spare parts, scheduled and unscheduledmaintenance, administration, human resource services and training,technical support, logistics management and security.The power plant, located close to the city of Ewekoro, 65 kilometresnorth of Lagos, is currently under construction and is scheduled tobe in full commercial operation in January 2011. The 100 MW plantwill supply electricity to a new cement works being built. LafargeCement WAPCO will double its capacity from two million tonnes to overfour million tonnes of cement produced by 2011. The expansion projectwill further assist the company to meet the local demand of cement inNigeria.In announcing this latest order, Denis Pierchon, Regional SalesManager for Africa, Wärtsilä Services, commented: "Wärtsilä hasworked closely with the Lafarge group for several years, and hassupplied the company with other power plants in Nigeria andBangladesh. Lafarge trusts our ability and expertise in not onlysupplying, but also in operating power plants and optimizing theirefficiency. The customer benefits by having fixed budgeted costs forthe running of the power plant throughout the contractual period.""The fuel flexibility of the Wärtsilä engines is an important elementin providing heavy industrial processes with a low cost and reliablepower supply," Mr Pierchon continues.The power plant is a turnkey project by Wärtsilä, and will be poweredby six Wärtsilä 18V50DF engines that can operate on either heavy fueloil, light fuel oil, or gas. When operational, the Ewekoro powerplant will, together with other plants already delivered by Wärtsilä,bring the total combined generating capacity supplied by Wärtsilä toNigeria to approximately 400 MWe. Wärtsilä has O&M contracts for some150 MW of this generating capacity.For further information, please contact:Denis PierchonRegional Sales Manager, Africa,Wärtsilä ServicesDirect tel: + 33 (0)4 91 03 99 32Mobile: + 33 (0)6 32 64 03 43e-mail: denis.pierchon(at)wartsila.comMaria NystrandPublicity Manager,Wärtsilä Power PlantsDirect tel: +358 10 709 1456e-mail: maria.nystrand(at)wartsila.comWärtsilä in briefWärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions forthe marine and energy markets. By emphasising technologicalinnovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmentaland economic performance of the vessels and power plants of itscustomers.In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMXHelsinki, Finland.www.wartsila.comLafarge Cement WAPCO in briefLafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc is a leading manufacturer andmarketer of cement in Nigeria and a subsidiary of Lafarge, the worldleader in building materials.With its state-of-the-art plant in Ewekoro, Lafarge WAPCO is themanufacturer of Elephant Cement, a formidable brand that hasconsistently won the NIS Certificate for product quality by theNigerian Standard Organisation for over two decades.The Company recently got the MANCAP Certificate for PortlandLimestone Cement (Elephant Brand) CEMII 32.5 BL making it the firstcement manufacturer to own the certificate in Nigeria.www.lafargewapco.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 19.11.2009 - 12:01 Uhr
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