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145/150 MW, 220 MW, and 300 MW models — increasable by lifting aboard more “blocks”, modules that might in future be hydrogen electrolysers to enable both H2 and ammonia production. The LNG storage capacity can reach 180,000 m3.

The barge itself can be ? oating, ? xed, or bound to a mooring dolphin, a steel construction piledriven into the sea or river bed and visible above water.

The Estrella del Mar III is reportedly “quieter” than down- town Santo Domingo, where it’s moored. Its size — 80m x 35m — is half the size of a comparable, land-based plant.

Propulsion Players

Propulsion powerhouse Wärtsilä is also a major provider of grid power in the United States.

Wärtsilä delivered the FPP Dominican II to the same Carib- bean nation. The Finland-based company has also delivered

Floating Pier Solutions For Workboats diesel FPPs, and now gas or dual-fuel power plants are sought, as they allow for the switching of fuels as markets and sup-

Visit us at plies swing. Combined cycle heat and power steam turbines the International and desalination are offered as options. “When required, vari-

WorkBoat Show ous NOx and SOX reduction options are available,” a com-

Booth # 1965 mercial note says. “When natural gas becomes available, plant can be converted”. How’s that for ? exible fuel!

Like the other barge and cylindrical “drum” FGPPs, Wärt-

Concrete silä points to “short construction time” for barges that range in

Products, Reputation, Relationships length from 64.8 m to 90 m. All are 27.4 m across.

Air intake ? lters below exhaust outlets, roof-mounted ven- tilation and radiators make models like the Wartsila 32 Power

Barge ideal for the tropics. Between 1990 and 2011, FGPPs in

Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea joined two in the Domini- can Republic on the Wartsila hot weather, salt water client list.

MAN Energy Solutions

MAN Energy Solutions also offer ? exible dual-fuel or gas engines (as well as trusted diesel models). MAN bases its

LNG-to-power ? oater concept on the ? exibility premise, as

Integrated plant: inbound LNG, an LNG terminal and a FGPP.

Illustration: Siemens Energy

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