Wärtsilä Caribbean Inc. and Jamaica Energy Partners sign service supply agreement
Wärtsilä Caribbean Inc. and Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) have entered into a 5-year supply agreement for Wärtsilä to provide spare parts, field service, and workshop services to the generating sets installed on the Doctor Bird I and Doctor Bird II power stations. The power stations are installed onboard floating barges at Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine, about 40 kilometres west of Kingston. They are owned and operated by Jamaica Energy Partners, and together contain 11 Wärtsilä engines with a total output of 139 MW, providing electricity for the Island of Jamaica. The agreement will ensure that the two power stations are maintained at maximum efficiency and reliability.
Jamaica Energy Partners is the largest of the three independent power providers operating on the island of Jamaica, and is currently installing a third power station in West Kingston powered by Wärtsilä engines.
“Jamaica Energy Partners is once again proud to collaborate with Wärtsilä to provide energy to the people of Jamaica in the most cost efficient, reliable manner, and with the highest standard of service. JEP currently provides 124 MW to the national grid- out of the total 139 MW capacity- powered by Wärtsilä engine technology, and will soon be adding an additional 66 MW to the national grid utilizing the most modern and environmentally friendly technology,” says Wayne McKenzie, General Manager, Jamaica Energy Partners.
“This agreement is an extension of the long standing relationship that JEP and Wärtsilä Caribbean have had since 2000, and shows the commitment of both parties to provide the best possible energy market services in Jamaica,” says Marc Tarbox, General Manager, Services of Wärtsilä Caribbean.
Wärtsilä in Caribbean
The Wärtsilä Services office in the Caribbean is located in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The office has been operating since 1996 and currently employs 39 dedicated professionals. The territories served include Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, and the eastern Caribbean chain of islands from the U. S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands in the north, to Trinidad in the far South. The territory also includes St. Maarten, Curacao, Aruba and Bonaire, and the Republics of Guyana and Surinam on the South American mainland. Dominican Republic and Haiti are under the responsibility of Wärtsilä Dominicana. Both Wärtsilä Caribbean and Wärtsilä Dominicana operate under the Services Unit Caribbean.
Wärtsilä Services
Services is one of the three Wärtsilä’s businesses alongside Ship Power and Power Plants. Wärtsilä Services offers services to both the global marine and energy markets and operates the most extensive service network in the industry. The company’s extensive portfolio of services includes spare parts and field services, as well as servicing of engines, propulsion systems, electrical and automation systems, and boilers. It also covers environmental services and solutions, upgrades and conversions, long-term agreements for engine and propulsion systems, as well as training services. Wärtsilä’s services business is also in the forefront in developing new service concepts to meet customer needs for optimal operational efficiency. Wärtsilä Services operates some 70 fully owned workshops and employs over 11,000 services professionals
For further information, please contact:
Marc Tarbox
General Manager
Wärtsilä Caribbean
Phone: 787 457-7700
E-mail: marc.tarbox@wartsila.com
André Bosman
Director
Services Unit Caribbean
Wärtsilä
Phone: 809 988-8000
E-mail: andre.bosman@wartsila.com