Wartsila wins major contract to supply equipment for 170 MW power plant in Texas, USA.

(From Hugin)

Wartsila Corporation, Press Release, 24 November 2009 at 5 pm local time

Wartsila, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the decentralised power generation market, has been contracted to supply a 170 MW gas-fired power plant to be installed in Antelope Station, located near Abernathy, Texas, USA.

The power plant is to be located close to significant wind farm generation, and will serve to stabilise the grid when the output from the wind farms change unexpectedly because of weather changes.

The contract was signed in November with Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. (GSEC), a consumer-owned public utility providing power to 16 member distribution cooperatives that serve 208,000 retail …