The technology group Wärtsilä is heading towards a future that uses 100% renewable energy to power industry’s transformation, says an article published in Windpower Engineering website.
Lead the change in energy sector
The company is making a call to action since the technologies required to achieve this vision are already available.
The energy sector is changing for all stakeholders, and Wärtsilä is exploiting its extensive capabilities to lead that change.
The new baseload
“Obviously the speed of change differs between the markets, but the general pace is becoming faster and faster,” explained Javier Cavada, President, Wärtsilä Energy Solutions. “However, we have already reached the first milestone along the route to our vision becoming reality now that renewables are already competitive without subsidies in many regions. “
“The next milestone will be when renewables start to replace existing inflexible thermal capacity across the globe.” Cavada added that this will be the ultimate tipping point, which will be supported by reduced energy storage costs, making renewables the new baseload.
100% renewable Solar and Wind energy
Balancing a sustainable and profitable future for the industry is the need to maximize renewable generation, which is made possible by generating assets having the necessary flexibility.
Solar and wind power will be the major sources of energy In the 100% renewables world. Flexible gas assets will deliver the required operational flexibility by the extended use of energy storage technology, and by optimizing the lifecycle of the existing installations.
Global portfolio for the customers
“Existing inflexible thermal capacity is currently slowing down the transition to renewable energy generation in many places,” noted Matti Rautkivi, Director, Sales & Marketing, Wärtsilä Energy Solutions. He said that Wärtsilä helps its customers, through sophisticated power system modeling, to understand the opportunities provided by affordable renewable energy, and the implications it has on their power systems.
Hence, Investments on these affordable renewable energy, together with flexibility will be the winning global portfolio for the customers.
Sustainable societies via sustainable technologies
Wärtsilä works to enable sustainable societies with smart technologies and is placed at the top of future energy systems. The company’s flexible power generation solutions generate the required operational flexibility and will be a key element within the 100% renewable power system future.
Wärtsilä’s engine solutions run on various gas and liquid fuels, and Wärtsilä is further researching on designing engines that run on synthetic biofuels, as well as traditional biofuels.
Long term service agreement to customers
Wärtsilä’s vast portfolio includes engine power plants, LNG solutions, renewables, energy storage and integration, lifecycle optimization, and new technologies such as power to gas. These were built with the idea of providing customers with the flexibility and reliability essential in this changing energy world, said Pierpaolo Barbone, President, and EVP, Wärtsilä Services.
He added that Wärtsilä provides
- support to customers throughout their asset lifecycle by improving their efficiency and even contributing to new business models, and
- long-term service agreements with performance guarantees to meet customers ́ business targets.
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Source: Windpowerengineering
