Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Wärtsilä 31SG - Flexible Gas Power Plant. In this video, we show how Wärtsilä's affordable, flexible, and reliable Gas-Fired Power Plant helps Cooperative Energy, a not-for-profit electricity cooperative, enable renewable energy and supply one of its plants with variable and sustainable power generation.
#GasPowerPlant #RenewableEnergy #Wärtsilä
Topics of this video:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Wärtsilä's focus - Enabling Renewable with Gas Power Plants
01:50 Cooperative Energy - Implementing New Power Plants
02:23 Introduction to the Power Plant
03:00 The 20 Cylinder Wärtsilä 31SG Natural Gas-Fired Engine
03:23 Turbocharger Compressing Charge Air
04:00 Frontend of the Engine - Direct Drive Water Pumps Cooling
04:30 Flexibility and Efficiency of the Gas Power Plant
05:00 Importance of starting a Quick-Start of a Gas Power Plant
Learn more about this project: wartsila.com/energy/learn-more/references/utilities/benndale-mississippi-usa
▬ Sustainable power generation with the optimal balancing solution ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Enabling an increase in variable generation with more flexible capacity that can rapidly start up when needed.
Intermittent renewable energy generation in the United States has seen a staggering 700% increase between 2008 and 2019, with solar and wind generation accounting for around 350 million MWh of power generation in 2019. The subsequent increase in variable generation means that flexibility is increasingly important in the energy system.
Cooperative Energy, a not-for-profit electricity cooperative covering 432,000 homes and businesses in the US state of Mississippi, was looking to upgrade one of its plants in order to help it supply affordable, flexible, and reliable power. Wärtsilä’s comprehensive solution comprises a plant powered by two gas-fired Wärtsilä 31SG engine generating sets and covered by a 10-year service agreement.
▬ This is how we did it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
The challenge was to provide efficient power generation in a market with increasing levels of renewables and mitigate financial and timing risks in construction. Additionally, to have a resilient and reliable generation in a hurricane-prone region and maintain the plant and its performance over the lifecycle.
Our solution is our Wärtsilä 31SG, a flexible gas power plant with the ability to respond rapidly to continuously changing load patterns of systems with renewables. Providing full EPC delivery and a 10-year Wärtsilä Optimised maintenance service agreement.
Efficient and flexible power supply with a reduced environmental footprint. One EPC supplier with full responsibility for both timelines and costs. Fast starting; ability to supply power to key facilities such as hospitals during a natural disaster. Ensure optimized plant performance and efficiency over the lifecycle.
#WartsilaEngine #PowerPlants #SmartTechnology #Sustainability #GasPowerPlant #Energy #EnergyProduction #GasEngine #SustainableEnergy #FlexiblePowerPlants #Wartsila
▬ About Wärtsilä ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Wärtsilä enables sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services together with all our stakeholders – today and tomorrow.
We emphasise innovation in sustainable technology and services to help our customers continuously improve environmental and economic performance. We work together with our strong ecosystem of partners every day, providing a wide portfolio of leading technologies and innovative solutions that offer our customers superior uptime, reliability and foreseeable lifecycle costs across their operations.
Our global passionate team of 17,500 energy and maritime experts in 200 locations in more than 70 countries is committed to shaping decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe.
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Wärtsilä 31SG - Flexible Gas Power Plant. In this video, we show how Wärtsilä's affordable, flexible, and reliable Gas-Fired Power Plant helps Cooperative Energy, a not-for-profit electricity cooperative, enable renewable energy and supply one of its plants with variable and sustainable power generation.
#GasPowerPlant #RenewableEnergy #Wärtsilä
Topics of this video:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Wärtsilä's focus - Enabling Renewable with Gas Power Plants
01:50 Cooperative Energy - Implementing New Power Plants
02:23 Introduction to the Power Plant
03:00 The 20 Cylinder Wärtsilä 31SG Natural Gas-Fired Engine
03:23 Turbocharger Compressing Charge Air
04:00 Frontend of the Engine - Direct Drive Water Pumps Cooling
04:30 Flexibility and Efficiency of the Gas Power Plant
05:00 Importance of starting a Quick-Start of a Gas Power Plant
Learn more about this project: wartsila.com/energy/learn-more/references/utilities/benndale-mississippi-usa
▬ Sustainable power generation with the optimal balancing solution ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Enabling an increase in variable generation with more flexible capacity that can rapidly start up when needed.
Intermittent renewable energy generation in the United States has seen a staggering 700% increase between 2008 and 2019, with solar and wind generation accounting for around 350 million MWh of power generation in 2019. The subsequent increase in variable generation means that flexibility is increasingly important in the energy system.
Cooperative Energy, a not-for-profit electricity cooperative covering 432,000 homes and businesses in the US state of Mississippi, was looking to upgrade one of its plants in order to help it supply affordable, flexible, and reliable power. Wärtsilä’s comprehensive solution comprises a plant powered by two gas-fired Wärtsilä 31SG engine generating sets and covered by a 10-year service agreement.
▬ This is how we did it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
The challenge was to provide efficient power generation in a market with increasing levels of renewables and mitigate financial and timing risks in construction. Additionally, to have a resilient and reliable generation in a hurricane-prone region and maintain the plant and its performance over the lifecycle.
Our solution is our Wärtsilä 31SG, a flexible gas power plant with the ability to respond rapidly to continuously changing load patterns of systems with renewables. Providing full EPC delivery and a 10-year Wärtsilä Optimised maintenance service agreement.
Efficient and flexible power supply with a reduced environmental footprint. One EPC supplier with full responsibility for both timelines and costs. Fast starting; ability to supply power to key facilities such as hospitals during a natural disaster. Ensure optimized plant performance and efficiency over the lifecycle.
#WartsilaEngine #PowerPlants #SmartTechnology #Sustainability #GasPowerPlant #Energy #EnergyProduction #GasEngine #SustainableEnergy #FlexiblePowerPlants #Wartsila
▬ About Wärtsilä ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Wärtsilä enables sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services together with all our stakeholders – today and tomorrow.
We emphasise innovation in sustainable technology and services to help our customers continuously improve environmental and economic performance. We work together with our strong ecosystem of partners every day, providing a wide portfolio of leading technologies and innovative solutions that offer our customers superior uptime, reliability and foreseeable lifecycle costs across their operations.
Our global passionate team of 17,500 energy and maritime experts in 200 locations in more than 70 countries is committed to shaping decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe.
► Subscribe to Wärtsilä's YouTube channel: bit.ly/WartsilaYouTubeChannel
▬ Wärtsilä on Social Media ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
► Website: wartsila.com
► Facebook: facebook.com/wartsila
► Instagram: instagram.com/wartsilacorp
► Twitter: twitter.com/wartsilacorp
► LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/wartsila
