CHP
FOUR NEW GAS-FIRED CHP PLANTS FOR SOUTH
AFRICA DATA CENTRES
Four new gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plants have come online at two South African data centres. The plants, supplied by MTU Onsite Energy, provide onsite power, heating and cooling for telecoms firm Mobile Telephone Networks Ltd (MTN) at two facilities near Johannesburg.
One plant, at a data centre in the suburb of Doornfontein, features a 12V 4000 genset with a capacity of 1169 kWe. The other three plants are located at a second data centre in suburban Newlands and feature 16V 4000 gensets, each with a capacity of 1712 kWe. MTU said these are the first gensets of the 4000 series to come online in South Africa and they have so far been operated in limited- service mode, with final completion scheduled for late this year.
The compression performance of the turbochargers on the engines is adapted to match the location of the data centres at an altitude of 1700 metres, MTU added. It said it also plans to adapt a genset to run on low-
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MTU 4000 series generator sets are said to perform at the highest level and cover the power range from 1125 to 3250 kWe (1550 to 3400 kVA). “With a robust design and optimal fuel consumption, the diesel generator sets are trusted by customers around the world,” said an MTU spokesman.
South Africa-based Jozi Power has been using MTU engines for its containerized genset rental business in Africa since 2007. Traditionally, Jozi Power used third-party packagers to build its gensets into containers.
MTU Onsite Energy has supplied the company with five fully assembled container gensets powered by MTU 16V 4000 G63 engines. Each of the gensets supplies 1.7MW.
“We are now supplying Jozi Power directly with complete system solu- tions. The supply of container gensets that we have manufactured ourselves marks another milestone,” said Philipp von Arnim, Team Leader, Power Stations Sales at MTU Onsite Energy. “This is yet another vote of confidence in the systems expertise that MTU Onsite Energy can deliver.”
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