Wärtsilä has signed an extended renewal agreement to its service agreement with Australia’s Energy Developments Ltd (EDL) of Australia covering the power source for the world-class McArthur River zinc mine in the Northern Territory.
The original ten-year service agreement covering servicing of the EDL-operated 53 MW baseload gas engine power plant at the McArthur River was signed in 2013, however, after only six years this has been extended for a further 10 years.
The extended agreement also covers changes to the maintenance approach h from pre-planned, scheduled maintenance periods to condition-based and predictive maintenance with advisory contract.
EDL General Manager, Remote Energy, Geoff Hobley said the change in the scope of the agreement, from guaranteeing the plant’s availability based on pre-planned scheduled maintenance, to the condition-based and predictive maintenance approach came in response to its developing needs.
Wärtsilä has given us excellent support and we are pleased to extend the agreement for a further ten years. EDL is committed to delivering on our customer’s expectations of reliable, cost-effective, and environmentally sustainable energy,” Mr Hobley said.
“Wärtsilä’s condition-based and predictive maintenance approach should help us to achieve this. We expect that the renewed and extended agreement will help us increase efficiencies, which in turn benefits our customer with greater reliability and reduced downtime.”
Edwin van Waas, General Manager, Service Agreements and Projects, Wärtsilä Energy Business said the company’s capabilities in providing remote monitoring support from Wärtsilä Expertise Centres to power plant installations result in lower operating costs and greater overall plant efficiency, and represent a prime example of how the latest digital technologies are transforming the energy sector into a new era of flexibility and high efficiency.