Finland based energy firm, Wärtsilä announced in a statement that, it has secured a contract for the 44 MW Power Plant deal to be installed at the Mansourah & Massarah Gold mine Project in Saudi Arabia.
As part of the contract, Wärtsilä will supply the engineering, equipment, and technical advisory for the power plant.
The project was placed by Mansourah & Massarah Gold mine Project’s main Contractor, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
As per the statement, the project will be the first new build power project in the country to utilise a hybrid concept, with engine technology and solar energy.
The power plant will comprise six Wärtsilä 32 engines, with five in operation and one on constant stand-by.
The built-in flexibility of the Wärtsilä engine technology, which allows full power output to be reached within minutes of being started, will allow the plant to efficiently utilise renewable solar energy.
Renewable source energy, such as solar and wind, require the power plant to be able to respond rapidly to an inherently fluctuating supply to enable the load to be effectively balanced.
The Wärtsilä equipment will be delivered on a fast-track basis within just 10 months from the contract signing. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by May 2021, with commercial operations beginning a year later.
Mansourah & Massarah Gold mine project:
The Mansourah & Massarah Gold project is being executed by the Consortium of Outotec and Larsen Toubro Limited. While Outotec remains the key technology provider for this project, Larsen & Toubro’s responsibility includes the entire balance of plant activities, including some critical process equipment, the entire plant utilities, power generation and distribution, as well as the civil and structural works, together with the complete plant installation activities and commissioning support.
The Mansourah & Massarah project is Saudi Arabian Mining Company’s (Ma’aden) largest ever gold project, estimated to produce an average of 250,000 ounces of gold per year over the life of the mine.
The on-site processing plant will be capable of processing up to four million tonnes per year of the complex refractory ores contained in the deposit – the first time such ores have been mined and processed in the Middle East.
The project is commissioned, and the mine will be operated by Ma’aden Gold and Base Metals Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ma’aden as part of the Saudi Government’s Vision 2030 initiative to diversify the national economy and promote the mining sector.
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