Reduce emissions and ensure power availability with the lowest levelised cost of electricity
In the quest for a sustainable future, the energy sector stands at the forefront of one of the most significant transformations of our time: decarbonisation. To continue competing in a global marketplace, companies across industries are under growing pressure to cut emissions of their power production.
However, the journey towards decarbonisation is fraught with complexities as integrating fluctuating renewable energy sources without compromising reliability or cost efficiency will require new technical and commercial solutions. This is where we come in.
Wärtsilä's Decarbonisation services helps customers identify and implement the solutions needed to decarbonise their power systems, taking into consideration their long-term planning and CO2 emission reduction targets.
Our holistic approach builds on Wärtsilä's extensive capabilities in power system modelling and analysis, energy system optimisation expertise, and market-leading flexible power generation technologies.
Achieving the benefits of decarbonisation requires a careful selection of the technologies and solutions that align with the unique needs of each microgrid.
By partnering with Wärtsilä, you can rest assured that you're making the optimal choices for your microgrid.
Decarbonisation services utilises our advanced power system modelling expertise and leverages the full range of Wärtsilä’s market-leading solutions, including our flexible grid balancing engine technology, sophisticated energy management system, state-of-the-art energy storage solutions, and comprehensive lifecycle services.
Read our three real-life customer examples from around the globe to learn what this means in practice.
The story illustrates in detail how we empower microgrid operators across industries to cut their CO2 emissions while ensuring power availability with the lowest levelised cost of electricity.
Let us show how we can help you reach your decarbonisation targets, one step at a time.
At Wärtsilä, we understand that decarbonising power generation is no simple task. Many questions arise regarding how to reduce emissions without jeopardizing the core business.
That is why we sat down with Christoffer Ek, Director, Decarbonisation services and Ella Teperi, General Manager, Market & Financial analysis to discuss the different elements of Decarbonisation services. Hear how the concept was developed, what kind of skills, technologies and capabilities we utilise when helping our customers to decarbonise, and what benefits can partnership with Wärtsilä bring to your business.
“Decarbonisation is an opportunity to be taken. Don’t think of it as only a challenge to be solved.”
In this Insights article, you will learn what are the essential building blocks of our holistic Decarbonisation Services concept. We explain how we work closely together with our customers to understand their needs, and then identify and implement the right technologies at the right time to cut emissions, save money and provide reliable power. The article also dives deeper into our strategic partnership approach, and includes an illustrative example from our plan to decarbonise a major mining operation.
"You know where you want to go, but you have to plan how to get there."
This Insights article dives deeper into the comprehensive expertise and state-of-the-art tools that Decarbonisation services utilises when creating and implementing practical decarbonisation roadmaps for our customers. You will learn what are the benefits of power system modelling and how it enables data-driven decision making. We also explain the art behind dynamic simulations, and how they help ensure the holy grail of power systems: reliability.
Christoffer Ek
Director, Decarbonisation services
christoffer.ek@wartsila.com
Ella Teperi
General Manager, Market & Financial analysis
ella.teperi@wartsila.com
Watch Ella Teperi explain on stage how we help our customers turn the challenge of decarbonisation into an opportunity.
The presentation was given on Energy Customer Day event on 2 June 2022 during the Wärtsilä Sustainable Technology Hub inauguration week.
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the Caribbean island of Curaҫao with a 25 MW / 25 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). The system will enable the expansion of renewable energy capacity and the reduction of carbon emissions, representing an important step towards a sustainable energy future for the island. The order was placed by Aqualectra, Curacao’s government owned utilities company, and will be booked by Wärtsilä in Q2, 2024.
The BESS and the GEMS Digital Energy Platform will provide grid stability and reliability, reduce unserved energy and help mitigate the risk of brownouts and blackouts. In addition, the BESS system will allow Aqualectra to expand their renewables’ vision thus allowing more renewable generation in the power system. The BESS system will also help smooth the intermittency of renewables.
"Aqualectra’s strategic objective is to provide the community with affordable, sustainable, and reliable electricity. The Wärtsilä solution will support all these objectives through reducing generation costs, enabling the integration of renewables, and decreasing CO2 emissions, while providing high reliability," comments Joseph Everon, Advisor to the CTO at Aqualectra.
The order with Wärtsilä follows a detailed modelling of the power system to determine the best way forward.
"The BESS and GEMS provide the reserves needed to improve asset loading, and therefore efficiency, availability of energy, grid stability and reliability. Wärtsilä’s leading technologies and our capabilities of lifecycle services will support Aqualectra’s vision of a sustainable energy future. We are pleased to continue our close partnership with this project," says Christoffer Ek, Director of Decarbonisation services at Wärtsilä Energy.
"The Caribbean has been an important region for Wärtsilä for decades and we have established many long-term relationships over that time. Aqualectra has been one of those great partners and this announcement to add BESS to their system with Wärtsilä is another sign of that strong relationship. Wärtsilä is here with solutions and capabilities for the Caribbean, and we are excited to continue serving this market for decades to come," says Jon Rodriguez, Energy Business Director at Wärtsilä Energy.
The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for delivery in Q1/2025, and the project is expected to be fully operational by the end of Q2/2025.
Aqualectra is an existing Wärtsilä customer. The company operates three Wärtsilä engine power plants comprising a total of 16 generating sets.
Media contact for more information on this release:
Katri Pehkonen
Communications Manager
Wärtsilä Energy
Mob: +358 50 591 6180
katri.pehkonen@wartsila.com
Image caption: Picture from left to right: Rudolf Garmes, Joseph Everon, Reagan Celestijn, Marc Tarbox, Tganni Louisy, Neysa Isenia, Vianney Muzo, Staffan Nygard, Mathias West, Christoffer Ek, Edul Raphaela, Granger Jahnastasio. © Aqualectra
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Wärtsilä Energy in brief
Wärtsilä Energy is at the forefront of the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our customers and the power sector to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system expertise. Our solutions include flexible engine power plants, energy storage and optimisation technology, and services for the whole lifecycle of our installations. Our engines are future-proof and can run on sustainable fuels. Our track record comprises 79 GW of power plant capacity, of which 18 GW are under service agreements, and over 125 energy storage systems, in 180 countries around the world.
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Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. We emphasise innovation in sustainable technology and services to help our customers continuously improve environmental and economic performance. Our dedicated and passionate team of 17,800 professionals in more than 280 locations in 79 countries shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. In 2023, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 6.0 billion. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
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