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Wärtsilä to support Eagle LNG Partners,
APC in LNG-to-power project on Antigua
LNG-TO-POWER FINLAND’S Wärtsilä will provide support plant coupled with an LNG terminal in the east-
to Caribbean LNG, the joint venture set up by ern Caribbean, it added. “This integrative plant
US-based Eagle LNG Partners and its partner concept is expected to become a model for other
Antigua Power Co. (APC), as it executes a small- island utilities in the Caribbean as the accept-
scale LNG regasification project on the island of ance of LNG fuel increases in line with efforts to
Antigua. reduce emission levels,” it said.
Wärtsilä confirmed in a statement dated April The Finnish company stressed the poten-
26 that it had won a contract from APC for engi- tial environmental benefits of the project. “The
neering, procurement and construction (EPC) fast-starting capability means that the engines
services related to the supply and installation of a can reach full power within five minutes, ena-
dual-fuel power plant at Crabbs, Antigua. It said bling them to provide efficient grid balancing
it had entered the order for the 46-MW plant, capacity as the adoption of renewable energy
which will use regasified LNG as its primary fuel, from wind and solar increases,” it commented.
in its books in January of this year. “Notably, these engines could be an ideal plat-
The statement did not say when construction form for future decarbonisation strategies by
was likely to begin. But it did report that the new making use of carbon-free fuels, such as hydro-
thermal power plant (TPP) was due to begin gen and ammonia ... The decision to use regasi-
operating in the third quarter of next year. When fied LNG, the cleanest of all fossil fuels, will result
finished, the facility will deliver electricity to the in about 40% less carbon production and is in
Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) for step with the Government of Antigua and Bar-
distribution via the national transmission grid. buda and APUA’s plan to reduce its environmen-
(APUA is also responsible for purchasing gas for tal footprint.”
delivery to the Caribbean LNG terminal.) Eagle LNG Partners, APC and APUA joined
Under the terms of its contract with APC, the forces for the LNG-to-power project last year.
Finnish company will supply five Wärtsilä 34DF According to a previous statement from the
dual-fuel engines for the TPP. These engines are US Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Carib-
flexible, as they can burn both residual fuel oil bean and the OECS, the three companies broke
and natural gas, but also have “high efficiency ground on the Crabbs TPP last July. The new
across the entire load range,” the statement said. plant will be the first gas-fired facility of its kind
They will also be the first engines in a Wärtsilä on the island.
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