Wärtsilä - Company Announcement

Wärtsilä receives EUR 150 million power plant order from Dominican Republic

Wärtsilä Corporation, Company Announcement, 27 December 2011 at 9.15 am EET

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply a complete dual-fuel power
plant to the Dominican Republic. The turnkey project has been ordered by Empresa
Generadora de Electricidad Haina (EGE Haina), the largest power generation
company in the Dominican Republic. The value of the order is approximately EUR
150 million.

The Quisqueya II power plant ordered by EGE Haina will feature 12 Wärtsilä 50DF
generating sets running primarily on natural gas, but with the capability to
switch to heavy fuel oil as needed. The plant is scheduled to be fully
operational during the second half of 2013, and will supply baseload electricity
to the national grid.

This will be a twin power plant to the Quisqueya I plant located at the same
site, which was ordered by Barrick Gold in September 2011. The two power plants
have a total output of 430 MW. They have separate owners, but both plants will
be constructed on the same site as a single unit, that can be operated from one
control room."This Quisqueya I and II power plant complex becomes the biggest power plant in
the world, delivered by Wärtsilä. This is solid proof of the attractiveness of
the Wärtsilä's Flexicycle(TM) combined cycle solution. A key factor in the award
of this important contract to Wärtsilä was the high efficiency offered by the
Flexicycle(TM) solution. The suitability of a power plant based on multiple
generating units for a relatively small power grid, and the dual fuel
capability, were also crucial considerations," says Sampo Suvisaari, General
Manager, Central America and the Caribbean, Wärtsilä Power Plants.

EGE Haina, a 50 per cent state-owned and 50 per cent privately owned company,
owns several power plants in the Dominican Republic including a 150 MW barge-
mounted power plant supplied by Wärtsilä. Wärtsilä already has a very strong
presence in the country having more than 1100 MW of installed electricity
generating capacity in operation.

For further information please contact:
Mr Sampo Suvisaari
General Manager, Central America and the Caribbean
Wärtsilä Power Plants
Tel: +1 713 598 2851
sampo.suvisaari@wartsila.com
Mr Atte Palomäki
Group Vice President, Communications & Branding
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: +358 40 5476390
atte.palomaki@wartsila.com
Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine
and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total
efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the
vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2010, Wärtsilä's net sales
totalled EUR 4.6 billion with more than 17,500 employees. The company has
operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed
on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.
www.wartsila.com


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