Jordanian firm Amman Asia Electric Power has place an order worth $552 million with a Wärtsilä-led consortium for the world’s largest tri-fuel power plant.
The 573 MW plant, to be built in Al Manakher, 30 km from Amman, will be capable of using natural gas, heavy fuel oil and light fuel oil as main fuels. Wärtsilä and South Korean partner Lotte Engineering & Construction will build the power plant.
The plant will be powered by 38 Wärtsilä 50DF multi-fuel engines, which in reference conditions produce 632 MW of electricity. Even in the most extreme ambient conditions in Jordan, the power plant will produce a firm constant capacity of 573 MW. The plant will be fitted with a NOx (nitrogen oxide) control system for emissions abatement.
The power facility will be delivered in three phases. The first phase is scheduled to be in commercial operation already in February 2014, with the entire plant being operable by September of that same year.
Amman Asia Electric Power is a special purpose independent power producer in which Wärtsilä has a minority interest. The other owners of the company are Korea Electric Power Corporation of South Korea (KEPCO) and Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan.
The project company will supply electricity to the National Electric Power Company of Jordan (NEPCO) under a recently signed 25 year power purchase agreement. The electricity will be fed to the Jordanian national grid.
