Wärtsilä power plant will provide critical grid balancing as UK expands its renewable energy supply
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 28 May 2024 at 11 AM EESTTechnology group Wärtsilä is supplying a 48 MW peaking power plant to support the growing use of renewables in the United Kingdom. The plant is under construction and is delivered under an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with British energy services and solutions company Centrica Distributed Generation Ltd. The order was booked by Wärtsilä in June 2023. When completed, the plant will provide essential grid balancing power generation alongside an existing 49 MW peaking plant in Brigg, Lincolnshire.