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Jordan's IPP3
Guinness record: the world’s largest internal combustion engine power plant
Amman Asia Electric Power Co. & The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Global Facility Agent) | Jordan | 2012 to present
World’s largest reciprocating engine
573 MW of generating capacity
3 fuel-type burning ability (natural gas, light fuel oil, and heavy fuel oil)
24 months to complete the project
Challenges
- This fast-tracked project was needed to provide energy security for Jordan.
- Lenders required Equator Principles for environmental and social responsibility to be incorporated into the project.
- The facility’s quick start-up capability and flexibility is key to efficiently and rapidly meeting sharp daily peaks in demand.
- Fuel logistics was a challenge given that this plant near Amman was located 335 kilometres from the nearest fuel import terminal in Aqaba.
Solutions
- We were selected as the lender’s engineer and conducted the technical due diligence to assist the project in reaching financial closure.
- The construction monitoring that was conducted verified the progress and raised any issues to the lenders.
- The performance test of the facility for operation on HFO and natural gas was witnessed in order to verify that the facility will perform as expected.
- To ensure compliance with the Equator Principles on behalf of the lenders, we reviewed and monitored the implementation of the environmental and social management system through construction and into operations.
Highlights
- Guinness World Record holder for the world’s largest internal combustion engine power plant.
- Emission standards required the installation of a SCR and the plant to operate with HFO with less than 1% sulfur content.
- This international project had participation from companies from various parts of the world (e.g. Jordan, Japan, Korea, Finland).
- Flexibility provides a strong backbone for the local grid, so Jordan can continue with its plans to grow renewable energy for the country.
Project numbers
38x Wärtsilä 18V50DF reciprocating enginesUp to 47.3% electrical efficiency
573 MW of generating capacity
US$800 million approximate project cost
30 minutes or less to achieve full load
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