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Bergen to supply 120 MW power plant to Nigeria
Bergen Engines is to supply a 120 MW CHP plant in Nigeria. It will provide heat and power to a major new industrial complex and its surrounding area in the Calabar region of Nigeria’s Cross River State.
The 120 MW plant will comprise ten 12 MW Bergen B36:45V20 gas engines fitted with Marelli Motori alternators. The power plant project is being undertaken by Bergen Engines along with Nigerian company Alternative Petroleum & Power Ltd (APPL), supported by Lagos consulting engineers Kelm Engineering Ltd and Diesel Electric Services (PTY) Ltd of South Africa.
From 1999, Bergen Engines, which specialises in medium speed engines, was owned by Rolls-Royce plc. On 31 December 2021, the company was sold to the privately owned UK engineering and industrial group, Langley Holdings plc, joining Langley’s Power Solutions Division, along with its Marelli Motori and Piller Power Systems subsidiaries.
Right: Visualisation of Calabar power plant, which will be equipped ten Bergen 12 MW gas engines
MAN ES engines for Irish power plants
MAN Energy Solutions is supplying a total of sixteen MAN 18V51/60 dual-fuel engines to three new power plants currently under construction in Ireland, two near Dublin and one in Athlone. All three plants are intended as back-up facilities and designed to compensate for possible fluctuations in the grid due to an increased share of renewables, with the Irish government aiming for 80% rernewables by 2030.
Left: MAN ES 18V51/60 DF engine
generation Jenbacher 3F launched
INNIO has launched its “next generation” Jenbacher Type 3F engine, which delivers “up to two percentage points of efficiency boost, the engine line’s highest efficiency ever… as high as 43.3% when operating on pipeline gas.” INNIO says the Type 3F engine is optimised for reduced total hydrocarbon (THC) emissions, has future proofing fuel flexibility, and provides enhanced serviceability (including reduced oil consumption and longer oil life). The latest 3F technology is also offered with a “Ready for H2
” option
(which is retrofittable to most of the installed Type 3 fleet). The new Jenbacher Type 3F is available for applications in 50 Hz countries and will be available in 60 Hz countries in 2024.
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Six engines will be deployed at Dublin’s Grange Castle Business Park, in a 111 MWe plant being developed by Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL).
Greener Ideas Ltd, a joint venture between Mountside Partners Ltd and Bord Gáis Energy (a subsidiary of Centrica plc), is developing the other two power plants, one in Profile Park, Dublin, and the other near Athlone, Co. Roscommon. Each of these 100 MWe power plants will employ five of the MAN 18V51/60DF engines.
Above: Innio Jenbacher Type 3F
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