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Wärtsilä is a global leader in the development and manufacture of lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. The company continues to optimise its innovative technologies and to maximise the environmental and economic performance of vessels and power plants worldwide. Philip Yorke reports.
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ärtsilä is a global company that produces complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets, including power plants for oilfields, engines for crude oil pumping, and compression solutions for gas gathering and processing. As a means of power generation, Wärtsilä’s engines provide a higher level of efficiency than traditional power plant alternatives. In 2014 the group’s net sales totalled more than €5 billion with around 19,000 employees. The company currently has operations in over 200 locations in almost 70 countries worldwide. 130 Industry Europe
Smart power Designing and building power plants for utility companies and industry has been at the heart of the company’s business activities for decades. Wärtsilä has already delivered over, 4700 plants ranging from 10MW to over 600MW in more than 170 countries worldwide. The company’s ‘Smart Power Generation’ power plants are based upon multiple internal combustion engines and are able to run on gaseous or liquid fuels, including bio-fuels. They provide industryleading energy efficiency, as well as fuel and operational efficiency and