Wärtsilä has contracted to supply a 100 MW dual- fuel plant to Albares Renovables in Argentina. The turnkey order includes six Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines running on gas and heavy fuel oil and is one of five contracts that Wärtsilä has recently been awarded in the country.
Wärtsilä’s scope of supply for the project with Albares Renovables has, after negotiations, been extended from equipment delivery only to a full turnkey project. The value of the order is now estimated to be €72 million. The plant is expected to be delivered in early 2017 and operational in August the same year.
Natural gas is not available for the power market in Argentina all year round, so dual-fuel technology was specified to enable the power plant to run on heavy fuel oil for part of the year. When installed, the Central Termica Pilar power plant will also recover all the heat that is produced from the plant and make it available to nearby companies, which is expected to improve the economy of their operations.
