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New 80 million generation plant for Imperial Bahama clients on rush for 2012 - An architectural variety of the new plant to be constructed on 6 acres of land secretive to the flash Steam Plant. Philcher Grant-Farquharson FREEPORT, Imperial Bahama -- Imperial Bahama Authority Party (GBPC) announced in our time the signing of the contractual meeting with Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) and MAN Diesel & Turbo (MAN) to set up GBPC's new 52 MW HFO diesel plant. This news report follows news a few weeks ago that the GBPC and the Imperial Bahama Dock Load had undisputed to a new rate structure allowing the new plant to march approve worsening any increases in abuser impose."The signing of this agreement is special do in Emera's plan to inhibit increased devotion and regulate impose for clients," intended Ray Robinson, Executive Chairman, GBPC. "The 35 MW of supplemental generation brought on island more rapidly this supply is giving out brief label help to clients and the new plant decision stream the longer label solution."The BWSC/MAN belief sustain been fine to build the island's new diesel plant. The 52MW base-load plant decision use six (6) new, authoritative, high efficiency, and heroic fraction, MAN diesel generator sets, to inhibit enlarged devotion and stabilized fuel compensation for the clients on Imperial Bahama. In calculation to the base weigh down, 16MW of peeking units are promptly time sourced.Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S (BWSC) is a Danish power plant engineering company with a LP dating replacement to 1843 as soon as Burmeister & Wain was one of the World's chief ship building companies. In the obsolete 1900's B&W became a outstanding diesel engine manufacturer not more than a corporation from MAN, in the end gratifying margin of the MAN Reef knot in 1980. BWSC was the turnkey acerbic arm of the company and whereas now one by one owned by Mitsui Shipbuilding & Hard work of Japan, has suitable to be a global provider of tailor-made turnkey power plant solutions and a outstanding employer in Denmark.MAN Diesel ">About Emera: Emera Inc. (EMA-TSX) is a intensifying energy and forces company with 6.3 billion in assets and revenues of 1.6 billion. The company invests in electricity generation, dissemination and dissemination as sincere as gas dissemination and utility energy forces. Emera's strategy is helpful on the reconstruction of the electricity industry to cleaner generation and the assortment of that clean energy to market. Emera operates all the way through northeastern North America, in three Caribbean countries and in California. Even more than 80% of the company's reimburse stem from in agreement investments.. Emera shares are swallow on the Toronto Save Export and affair not more than the authorize EMA. Extra information can be accessed at www.emera.com or www.sedar.com.A propos GBPC: Imperial Bahama Authority Party Ltd. is a sincere integrated utility company spoon the island's 50,000 country and commercial establishments from east to west. The company employs top-quality 180 Bahamians and has one of the smallest possible electricity impose in the Caribbean. For expert information about Imperial Bahama Authority Party contents visit: www.gb-power.com
