Sierra Leone: Wärtsilä to supply 57MW HFO plant

Finland’s Wärtsilä on 10 November announced an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to supply a 57MW Smart Power Generation plant to CECA SL Generation Ltd, a Sierra Leonean company co-owned by CEC Africa Investments and TCQ Power. CEC is transferring its stake to CDC Group. The turnkey order includes six Wärtsilä 32 engines running on heavy fuel oil. The plant is expected to be operational within 18 months from the ground-breaking. Wärtsilä’s scope of supply includes the EPC of the power plant, plus 1.3km of fuel pipeline from the Kissy jetty to the site, and 8km of overhead power lines.