Wärtsilä supplies 161 MW Flexicycle plant to Saudi Arabia

Wärtsilä has signed a contract to supply a 161 MW Flexicycle (piston based combined cycle) power plant to Yamama Cement Company in Saudi Arabia. Wärtsilä will deliver a full EPC project. In addition to the EPC contract, a 5-year operation and maintenance management agreement and a 10-year spare parts supply agreement have also been signed.

The power plant includes ten 18-cylinder Wärtsilä 50 dual-fuel engines and a steam turbine. The value of the order is approximately EUR 115 million.

The power plant will be delivered in four phases. The first part is estimated to be delivered by the end of 2017 and the complete plant is scheduled to be handed over during the second quarter of 2019. The delivery is aligned with the construction schedule of a new cement plant.

It is a dual-fuel power plant, operating primarily on natural gas with light fuel oil and crude oil as back up fuels, and is Wärtsilä’s first gas fired Flexicycle power plant in Saudi Arabia. Because of their remote locations most cement industry facilities in Saudi Arabia are powered by captive power plants such as this one.