Wärtsilä to supply KivuWatt power plant


Issue 217 - 08 Oct 2011 | 1 minute read

ContourGlobal subsidiary KivuWatt has given Finland’s Wärtsilä Corporation a contract to supply the power plant for its project to harness methane gas from Lake Kivu. The plant will be powered by 20-cylinder Wärtsilä 34SG gas-powered engines and have an electrical output of 25MW.

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