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Cemex Colombia + Wärtsilä

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Ensuring a reliable and efficient electricity supply in Colombia

25 years of a successful collaboration​

This collaboration, which began in 1998, has become one of the longest partnerships in Wärtsilä's history. ​

​The 26 MW Caracolito power plant, located near Ibagué, Tolima, operates with five Wärtsilä 18-cylinder engines, model 34SG, running on natural gas, ensuring a reliable and efficient electricity supply for the daily operations of the cement plant.​

​The benefits of this partnership include operation services, preventive and predictive maintenance, spare parts logistics management and technical support, allowing Cemex to focus on cement production, optimizing performance and ensuring financial predictability of O&M costs.

WhoCemex Colombia
What26 MW power plant
WhereIbagué, Tolima; Colombia
HowWärtsilä 18V34SG

 

This is what we achieved

26

MW of electrical output

26

years​ World Class O&M service

24

hours running a day at full baseload

This project provides us with the electricity supply for the entire operation and allows us to have a certain autonomy and availability in our equipment, at all times.

Jonatan Salamanca, Regional Director of Energy at Cemex

Having the support of Wärtsilä to provide us with energy for the operation of our equipment guarantees the effectiveness of production at our plant.

Jose Carlos Cruz, Caracolito Power Plant Director at Cemex

How we did it

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Challenge

  • Guarantee reliable and efficient support​
  • Need for efficient baseload​
  • Back client production in accordance with the established key performance indicators
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Solution

  • Top efficiency with the Flecicycle technology
  • Trustworthy and valued lifecycle solutions
  • World class O&M services
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Benefit

  • Uninterrupted generation
  • Reliability to the operation of the production machinery.

The main details

Customer Cemex Colombia
Type Wärtsilä 18V34SG flexible power plant
WhereIbagué, Tolima; Colombia
Total output 26 MW
Fuel Natural gas
ScopeEngineering, procurement, construction (EPC)
Delivery1998

 

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Wärtsilä renews long-term operation and maintenance agreement with Cemex Colombia

Dec 17, 2014, 00:38 by Wärtsilä Corporation

Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of power plant and ship power solutions and services, has renewed its Asset Management Agreement with Cemex Colombia, one of the major cement companies in Colombia. The agreement was signed during summer 2014 and it is valid for five years. It is a continuation of an earlier Asset Management Agreement which was signed 15 years ago already in 1998.

With this new agreement, Wärtsilä continues to operate and maintain the power plant at Cemex Colombia’s cement plant. The agreement covers, among others, day-to-day operation of the power plant and the natural gas station (city gate), preventive and predictive maintenance services, management of parts logistics and technical support services. This agreement is a long-term operational partnership with a common goal to ensure maximised lifetime, guaranteed performance and predictable life cycle costs for the power plant.

“We have worked with Wärtsilä for 15 years already. During these years, Wärtsilä has showed excellent performance in ensuring the reliability and availability of our cement factory in Ibagué. Wärtsilä has also introduced innovative upgrades which will further improve the performance and reliability of our power plant. We are happy to continue our long-term partnership with them,” says Jairo Guerrero, Energy Director from Cemex Colombia.

"Cemex Colombia is one of the major cement companies and leading suppliers of building materials in Colombia. By transferring the operative responsibility of the power plant to Wärtsilä, the agreement continues to provide Cemex Colombia with the highest possible level of risk management. It also offers them full peace of mind and the possibility to focus on their core business,” says Edison Romero, General Manager, Contract Management from Wärtsilä Services.

Cemex Colombia’s cement plant is powered by five Wärtsilä 34SG engines, with a total capacity of 25 MW. The plant is located near Ibagué, a municipality in the department of Tolima in Colombia.

For further information, please contact:

Wärtsilä Colombia S.A.
Edison Romero
General Manager, Contract Management
Tel: +57 317 638 1994
edison.romero@wartsila.com

Wärtsilä Services
Hanna Viita
Director, Marketing
Tel: +358 40 167 1755
hanna.viita@wartsila.com

Wärtsilä Services
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Wärtsilä in brief
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Cemex in brief
CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides high-quality products and reliable services to customers and communities in more than 50 countries. CEMEX has a rich history of improving the well-being of those it serves through innovative building solutions, efficiency advancements, and efforts to promote a sustainable future. 
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