Wärtsilä Energy has been contracted by a leading gold mining company in South American country Suriname for the supply of an integrated 7.8-megawatt (MW) / 7.8-megawatt hour (MWh), utility-scale energy storage system.
Expected to be operational by late 2022, the system will cut fuel consumption at the gold mine by reducing the reliance on an emergency back-up spinning reserve. It will also lead to a decline in emissions by 5,600 metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually, improvement in engine life, and savings in O&M costs.
The contract represents Wärtsilä Energy’s first energy storage project in Suriname, and the first utility-scale energy system to be built in that country.
The project will include the supply of Wärtsilä’s GridSolv Quantum, a fully integrated, modular and compact energy storage system, pictured above. The GEMS Digital Energy Platform, Wärtsilä’s…
Wärtsilä To Supply Utility-Scale Energy Storage For Gold Mine In Suriname – Energy And Mines
