The deal has gone through a tender procedure for six months that was placed with GE, which presently maintains 2,000 turbines at 700 sites around the world, as reported in independent.ie.
The company said: There are 620 personnel on site and the majority of the civil works for the project are now complete, with key equipment now installed. The commissioning phase and first fire is scheduled for December 2009, with the plant fully operation by July 2010, as reported in Independent ie.
BORD Gais refused to reveal the value of the contract. GE had a similar deal in China to maintain two facilities, the deal was valued at EUR92 million. Based on this information, the experts of the power sector estimated that the Whitegate contract value expected to be between EUR45 million and EUR50 million.
