Consortium to build tri-fuel power plant in Jordan

10 October 2012

Plant will be largest tri-fuel power plant in the world when completed

A consortium of Finland’s Wartsila Corporation and South Korea’s Lotte Engineering & Construction has been awarded a $552m contract to build the world’s largest tri-fuel power plant in Jordan.

The 573MW tri-fuel power plant will utilise natural gas, heavy fuel oil and light fuel oil as its main fuels. The client for the project is Amman Asia Electric Power, an independent power producer in which Wartsila has a minority share. The power company recently signed a deal to provide electricity for the National Electric Power Company of Jordan (Nepco) for 25 years.

The power plant will be powered using 38 Warsila 50DF multi-fuel engines, and will be fitted with a nitrogen oxide control system to reduce emissions. The power plant will be located in Al-Manakher, about 30 kilometres outside Amman. The complete power facility will be delivered in three phases. The first phase is scheduled to be in commercial operation in February 2014, with complete operation planned for September that year.

In January, Wartsila Corporation, in consortium with the Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and Japan’s Mitsubushi Corporation was selected by Nepco to build IPP3, an independent power project in Jordan.

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