Dual-fuel
power plant soon
Port Spain
Petroleumworldtt.com
12 16 07
THE Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission
(T&TEC) has awarded Finnish
engineering company, Wartsila Corporation an almost $500 million contract to
supply a dual-fuel power plant in Tobago.
The dual-fuel power plant will run on natural
gas and light fuel oil.
T&TEC corporate Communications manager Stephen
Martel yesterday confirmed a statement posted on
Wartsila's company website which said that Wartsila
acquired "a contract in November 2007 by Trinidad
and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC),
the national electric utility in the twin-island
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, to supply a dual-fuel
power plant, which runs both on natural gas and
light fuel oil".
"The contract is valued at
approximately US$77 million.
"This baseload power plant will be the first
natural gas reciprocating engine plant of its kind
in the region," the company added.
The statement also explained that the Wartsila
power plant will be commissioned in September 2009
and it will be located at the Cove Industrial Estate
in Tobago.
Martel told the Express yesterday
that next Wednesday T&TEC will officially
be turning the sod on the power plant site at
the Cove Industrial Estate
to commemorate the commencement of construction
of the factory.
The power plant will supply electricity to Tobago
and also transmit power to Trinidad via two existing
submarine cables, Wartsila said
It added: "Wartsila will also
operate the Cove plant for an initial period
of five years
under a full operations and maintenance agreement."
The Wartsila statement quoted T&TEC general
manager Indarjit Singh as saying: "Wartsila
was selected as the contractor for this new gas-fired
power plant in Tobago following a rigorous tendering
and evaluation process.
"With clean-burning natural gas as the primary
fuel, this new dual-fired, high-efficiency plant
will augment the country's baseload generation
capacity and will fully meet Tobago's demand, presently
at 40MW, for at least the next ten years".
Story
by Driselle Ramjohn from
Trinidad Express
dramjohn@trinidadexpress.com
Trinidad
Express
Thursday, December 13th 2007
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