By Oke Peter Technology group Wärtsilä will supply power generation equipment for a new 30 MW power plant being set up on Victoria Island in Lagos by a Nigerian independent power producer (IPP). Wärtsilä will also operate and maintain the power plant for a period of five years on behalf of the customer. The engineering,…
We need to act now to integrate the right levels and types of balancing technologies into our power systems.
The mine is remotely located and has no connection to the grid.
The plant operates with six Wärtsilä 32 engines and six Wärtsilä 32 twin turbochargers.
The reliability and efficiency of the power plant are critical to our operations, and we are therefore excited to extend this agreement.
The 100% hydrogen-ready engine is expected to be available for orders in 2025, and available for delivery from 2026.
But the real challenge revolves around determining which technologies are best suited to provide it and the actual extent of flexible capacity needed in the system.
The power plant’s dual-fuel engines can be operated both on liquid fuel and natural gas and could be converted to operate with future low- or zero-carbon fuels when they become available.
Behind the necessary ramp-up of renewable energies, the challenge of integrating them into the power grid occupied centre stage at the North & West Africa Energy Transition Forum.
Wale Yusuff, Managing Director of Wärtsilä in Nigeria, explained how the most advanced studies had shown that decarbonising Nigeria was not only feasible, but that it could also be done in a way that lowered the cost of electricity going forward.
