Wärtsilä wins four more gas power plant orders from Turkey
Wärtsilä has signed agreements during autumn 2009 to supply the equipment for four gas power plants under construction in Turkey. The new gas power plants are scheduled to be operational in the spring and summer of 2010. Wärtsilä has also signed maintenance agreements for two of the installations.
Wärtsilä already has a strong presence in Turkey, and the latest orders will bring the total amount of generating capacity the company has supplied to Turkish power plants to well over 2000 MW.
Wärtsilä signed contracts to supply the equipment for an extension to the Rasa Enerji power plant in Van, in the east of Turkey, and for the Naksan power plant project in Gaziantep, located close to the Syrian border in the southeast of Turkey. A third installation is for the Marmara Pamuklu power station in Corlu, close to Tekirdag, which is located in the northwest of Turkey. Most recently, Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply equipment for the H.G. Enerji power plant project in Gediz, in the province of Kütahya in the Aegean region of the country.
- Wärtsilä's strength in the Turkish market is a clear indication of our good reputation in the country. We are especially delighted to be delivering equipment to Gaziantep. It is one of the largest industrial parks in Turkey, and this will be an excellent reference installation for our equipment, says Christer Strandvall, Regional Director for Western Europe, Wärtsilä Power Plants.
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000 employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world.
