The plant will be equipped with 18 generating sets each powered by an 18-cylinder Wartsila 50DF engine, delivering 17MW. Wartsila will also deliver the power plant design, other principal equipment and all building materials, while undertaking supervision of the building and equipment installation. In addition Wartsila undertakes the training of AzerEnerji operating and service personnel for a period of two years. The plant is scheduled to be fully operational in October 2008. All electrical power will be fed directly to the Azerbaijan national grid. The Wartsila 50DF engines give the plant considerable fuel flexibility. The engines will primarily run on natural gas, with a small quantity of pilot liquid fuel for ignition. However, it will also be possible to switch the engines over to heavy fuel oil if there is a problem with the gas supply, and the engines can also use light fuel oil. The engines will deliver the same power on all three fuels.
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