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Azerbaijan to modernize power supply mains

28 February 2007 16:03 (UTC +04:00)

300MWe multi-fuelled power plant, located at Sangachal, 50 km south of the capital Baku, is scheduled to be fully operational in late this year. The plant will be equipped with 18 generating sets each powered by an 18-cylinder WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤ 50DF engine, delivering 17 MW. WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤ will also deliver the power plant design, other principal equipment and all building materials, while undertaking supervision of the building and equipment installation. The WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤ 50DF engines give the plant considerable fuel flexibility. The engines will primarily run on natural gas, with a small quantity of pilot liquid fuel for ignition. However, it will also be possible to switch the engines over to heavy fuel oil if there is a problem with the gas supply, and the engines can also use light fuel oil. The engines will deliver the same power on all three fuels.
Another 400MWe generating plant will be constructed in Shimal Power Plant this year. Azerenergy told APA-Economics that most of the power supply lines are old. The power line between Azerbaycan Thermal Power Station and Absheron grid is 70 year-old, the mains from Ali Bayramli is 50 year old.
A working group has been set up to work out an action plan or modernization of the system. /APA-Economics/