As part of the contract, Wärtsilä will supply 21 Wärtsilä 50SG engines running on natural gas, related auxiliaries and process equipment.
The Wärtsilä 50SG is a four-stroke, spark-ignited gas engine operating on the Otto cycle and incorporating the lean-burn principle, and features port admission of gas, a pre-chamber with controlled gas flow, as well as individual cylinder control of the gas charge and ignition timing.
The plant, which will supply electricity to the Baku regional grid, is slated to go online in autumn 2013.
Upon completion, state-owned utility Azerenerji JSC will operate the Boyuk Shor power plant located near Baku.
Wärtsilä has already supplied seven power plants in Azerbaijan, where the company is having its presence since the middle of 1990s. The power plants are generating a total of over 860MW of electricity.
