Wärtsilä, under the contract, will supply six gas engines of 34SG type to increase the existing generating capacity of the plant by 53MW and also provide related engineering services.
EDL Project Delivery executive general manager Shane McLaughlin said the company considered Wärtsilä’s track record in delivering power plant solutions.
"This was an important consideration in choosing Wärtsilä as our engine supplier for this project," McLaughlin added.
Wärtsilä Australia & Oceania Power Plants general manager Suraj Narayan said the company demonstrated its ability to meet the plant’s operational requirements of a flexible and efficient supply with a high step load capacity.
"Furthermore, apart from their minimal environmental impact, the Wärtsilä gas fired generating sets have a low total lifecycle cost, which is an increasingly important aspect of modern power plant operations," Narayan said.
EDL NGD will produce the electricity from the plant and sell it to McArthur River Mining, a subsidiary of international mining resources company, Xstrata.
Wärtsilä will deliver all the equipments by early 2013 and the plant is expected to become come online by the end of 2013.
