Wartsila announced a deal to supply two more power plants to Bangladesh. Orion Group, one of the country’s leading industrial conglomerates, is developing two 110 MW power plants, each of which will operate on six Wartsila 50 engines running on heavy fuel oil.
The contract for these baseload plants follows a string of power plant orders that Wartsila received from Bangladeshi companies. The country continues to invest in developing its energy infrastructure in order to meet the electric needs for industrial developments, and to overcome a general power shortage.
The two equipment supply contracts are for the Orion Power Rupsha and the Orion Power Sonargaon projects. The Rupsha plant, located in Lodonchora, is being developed on a fast-track schedule and is due to become fully operational in May 2018. The six Wartsila 50 engines will be delivered in December of this year. The Sonargaon plant is scheduled to be in operation by August, 2018 with the Wartsila delivery scheduled for January of that year. The electricity generated by these plants will be fed to the national grid.
“We have previously installed Wartsila engines in three other power plant projects and we have had very good experience with them. Both the equipment and the support we receive from the company are reliable and efficient, and we are very pleased to have them as a partner in these two important projects,” said Salman Karim, Managing Director of Orion Power.
These latest deliveries will bring Wartsila’s total installed base in Bangladesh to more than 3700 MW.