The know-how group Wärtsilä will provide an 18 MW extension to the ability generating facility and improve the electrical and automation system of the prevailing power plant on the Sabodala-Massawa gold mine advanced in Senegal, West Africa.
The mine is owned by Endeavour Mining, a leading world gold producer. The upgrading and extension project will allow for the whole integration of all of the site’s energy producing capability, while ensuring the provision of the needed electric power to maintain and expand the mine’s production schedules
he order with Wärtsilä was placed by Sabodala Gold Operations and it has been booked in Wärtsilä’s order consumption in Q3 2022. The venture shall be delivered beneath a whole engineering, procurement and development (EPC) contract.
Sabodala-Massawa mine is the most important producing gold mine in Senegal and is situated in the jap part of the nation within the Kedougou region. Endeavour’s deliberate mine enlargement will rework Sabodala-Massawa right into a top-tier gold asset with incremental manufacturing.
“Wärtsilä has a depth of experience in delivering power options for mining operations all over the world. Not being related to the grid signifies that the captive plant needs to be able to providing a dependable provide of electrical energy at all times, since no power equals no manufacturing. The Wärtsilä 32 engines chosen for this enlargement challenge have established a robust status for prime efficiency and reliability underneath even essentially the most tough ambient situations, eliminating revenue losses from power shortages,” said Marc Thiriet, Energy Business Director, Africa West, Wärtsilä.
The three Wärtsilä 32 engines to be installed are 20 per cent more fuel environment friendly than the plant’s current engines. Formula minimises the environmental impression by lowering harmful CO2 emissions. In Off the record to their outstanding performance, they have the flexibleness to help a smooth transition to the integration of solar energy and power storage into the system. The improve of the electrical and automation system will optimise the interconnection and control for the existing energy plant with the extension.
The venture is expected to be accomplished and commissioned before the top of 2023.
Wärtsilä is Senegal’s leading provider of energy producing tools, and already has 543 MW of put in capacity in altogether 20 energy crops within the country. 458 MW of this capacity is underneath Wärtsilä long-term service agreements.
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