Ghana Signs 10 Year Contract to Rent Power Barges

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• patriot 11 years ago

  Get lost!!What experience in european property and markets?Come back home to help build the nation.It is always easy to criticise.

  Get lost!!What experience in european property and markets?Come back home to help build the nation.It is always easy to criticise.

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• mensah abrampa 11 years ago

  I'm very sure many Ghanaians are unaware that we're being short-changed big time by the ruling administration. Thanks for the insight. This is the reason why the Right to Information bill is still gathering dust in parliament ...
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  I'm very sure many Ghanaians are unaware that we're being short-changed big time by the ruling administration. Thanks for the insight. This is the reason why the Right to Information bill is still gathering dust in parliament and this is the more reason why it gototo be passed without any further delay. The parliamentarians have their own selfish reasons for indefinitely delaying the passage of the bill but we the people must put pressure on these unscrupulous and heartless lawmakers to do their job.
  We, the people must put partisan politics aside and force this administration to come clean with the details of the deal before some greedy and unpatriotic state officials reap an undeserved windfall. Our problem is not only a dearth of information but also an abundance of mis-information. Thank you bro. You're a true Ghanaian patriot.

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• Kay 11 years ago

  How can Ghana sign contract for a large generator flouting in the sea. The tariff will be higher than anything else in the contract. There is definitely an NDC man profiting from this contract. This is fraud.

  How can Ghana sign contract for a large generator flouting in the sea. The tariff will be higher than anything else in the contract. There is definitely an NDC man profiting from this contract. This is fraud.

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• SLAM 11 years ago

  We should be making energy not buying energy.Why not cut 50% of the power we are supplying Togo and Benin, better yet we should cut everything they can make their own or get their power from Nigeria. What kind of kalabule dea ...
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  We should be making energy not buying energy.Why not cut 50% of the power we are supplying Togo and Benin, better yet we should cut everything they can make their own or get their power from Nigeria. What kind of kalabule deal is this?

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• The Truth 10 years ago

  12/27/2011 | 08:50 am
  Wärtsilä receives EUR 150 million power plant
  order from Dominican Republic
  Wärtsilä Corporation, Company Announcement,
  27 December 2011 at 9.15 am EET
  Wärtsilä receives EUR 150 million power ...
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  12/27/2011 | 08:50 am
  Wärtsilä receives EUR 150 million power plant
  order from Dominican Republic
  Wärtsilä Corporation, Company Announcement,
  27 December 2011 at 9.15 am EET
  Wärtsilä receives EUR 150 million power plant
  order from Dominican Republic
  Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to
  supply a complete dual-fuel power plant to the
  Dominican Republic. The turnkey project has
  been ordered by Empresa Generadora de
  Electricidad Haina (EGE Haina), the largest
  power generation company in the Dominican
  Republic. The value of the order is approximately
  EUR 150 million.
  The Quisqueya II power plant ordered by EGE
  Haina will feature 12 Wärtsilä 50DF generating
  sets running primarily on natural gas, but with
  the capability to switch to heavy fuel oil as
  needed. The plant is scheduled to be fully
  operational during the second half of 2013, and
  will supply baseload electricity to the national
  grid.
  This will be a twin power plant to the Quisqueya
  I plant located at the same site, which was
  ordered by Barrick Gold in September 2011. The
  two power plants have a total output of 430
  MW. They have separate owners, but both plants
  will be constructed on the same site as a single
  unit, that can be operated from one control
  room.
  "This Quisqueya I and II power plant complex
  becomes the biggest power plant in the world,
  delivered by Wärtsilä. This is solid proof of the
  attractiveness of the Wärtsilä's Flexicycle™
  combined cycle solution. A key factor in the
  award of this important contract to Wärtsilä was
  the high efficiency offered by the Flexicycle™
  solution. The suitability of a power plant based
  on multiple generating units for a relatively small
  power grid, and the dual fuel capability, were
  also crucial considerations," says Sampo
  Suvisaari, General Manager, Central America and
  the Caribbean, Wärtsilä Power Plants.
  EGE Haina, a 50 per cent state-owned and 50
  per cent privately owned company, owns several
  power plants in the Dominican Republic including
  a 150 MW barge-mounted power plant supplied
  by Wärtsilä. Wärtsilä already has a very strong
  presence in the country having more than 1100
  MW of installed electricity generating capacity in
  operation.
  For further information please contact:
  Mr Sampo Suvisaari
  General Manager, Central America and the
  Caribbean
  Wärtsilä Power Plants
  Tel: +1 713 598 2851
  sampo.suvisaari@wartsila.com
  Mr Atte Palomäki
  Group Vice President, Communications &
  Branding
  Wärtsilä Corporation
  Tel: +358 40 5476390
  atte.palomaki@wartsila.com
  Wärtsilä in brief
  Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle
  power solutions for the marine and energy
  markets. By emphasising technological
  innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä
  maximises the environmental and economic
  performance of the vessels and power plants of
  its customers. In 2010, Wärtsilä's net sales
  totalled EUR 4.6 billion with more than 17,500
  employees. The company has operations in 160
  locations in 70 countries around the world.
  Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki,
  Finland.

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