Rolls-Royce announces power generation orders
Rolls-Royce has announced orders worth more than $200m (£140m) for electrical power generation equipment from customers in Australia, Bangladesh, Spain, Venezuela and Yemen.
The new orders consist of 25 Bergen diesel engines, five Bergen gas engines and six Trent 60 gas turbines, which, in total, are capable of producing more than 560MW of electrical energy for the five new customers.
The largest contract announced, valued at $75m, is from Bangladesh’s Energypac Power Generation and is for 24 Rolls-Royce Bergen B32:40 16 cylinder diesel engines, which will to be owned by the Bangladesh Power Development Board.
Sixteen engines will provide 100MW of power at the Gopalgunj power station and eight engines will provide 50MW of electrical power at Faridpur, following entry into service in August 2011.
All the engines will run on heavy fuel oil and will supply electricity to the country at times of peak demand as part of a significant power development programme.
Contracts from Australia and Venezuela will see a total of six Rolls-Royce Trent 60 gas turbine electrical generating packages delivered with a value of $110m.
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