Rolls-Royce signed a long-term service agreement with RGK+Z&A for spare parts supply, supervision and maintenance for the Hlagwa Power Plant (Phase II) project today. The agreement was signed at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London by Lars Eikeland, President and CEO of Bergen Engines, and Mr Zeya Thura Mon, Group CEO of RGK+Z&A Group & Managing Director of RGKZNA; and witnessed by Hugo Swire, Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and His Excellency Mr U Khin Maung Soe, Minister of Electric Power (MOEP), The Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Earlier this year, Bergen Engines, part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems (RRPS), signed a contract with RGK+Z&A Group of Myanmar for delivery of engines and associated systems for Phase II of the country's first medium speed gas engine-based power plant, the Hlagwa Power Plant.
The Hlawga Power Plant, located in Yangon near the Hlawga CCPP and Main Substation of MEPE, is a gas engine-based Independent Power Plant (IPP) owned by RGK+Z&A Group. It will deliver power to the Yangon grid and the contract stipulates a capacity of 25 MW. A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and other related agreements for the power plant have already been concluded by RGK+Z&A Group with MOEP.
RGK+Z&A Group is an engineering company based in Myanmar which focuses on the thermal power generation, green energy, transmission and distribution industries. The Hlawga Power Plant (Phase I) was built last year using high speed engines and was the first plant to conclude a PPA with MOEP.
"We are excited to be a partner in further developing the electrification of Myanmar," said Lars Eikeland, at the ceremony. "Z&A is a very competent partner and we are confident that this will be a successful project. We are also very pleased that this project could be financed by loan facilities from GIEK, the Norwegian Exoprt Credit Agency."
"We are committed to provide uninterrupted electricity to Myanmar by Power Generation with minimum resources. We believe that with the state of art solutions from Rolls-Royce Power Systems, we could achieve more output to deliver the Power needs", said Zeya Thura Mon.
The energy infrastructure in Myanmar is still developing. The country's electrification rate is 26% and demand is expected to grow rapidly. Annual growth of 15% is projected. Gas is available in centres of electricity demand and can be the source of more environmentally friendly power through the use of high efficiency gas engines.
The new power plant will be the first medium speed gas engine based power plant in the country. The contract scope includes the supply of three B35:40V20 gas engines plus complete system engineering.
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About Bergen Engines, a Rolls-Royce Power Systems company
Bergen Engines produces gas and diesel engines for land and marine power systems. Since its foundation in 1946, Bergen Engines has produced 6,500 medium speed engines of which 4 000 are still in operation. Bergen Engines has its headquarters, technology development and manufacturing facilities in Norway and has delivered engines for land power applications for nearly 20 years. These can range up to 9.4MW unit size. Bergen Engines has power installations across the world. In Bangladesh, for instance, facilities powered by Bergen Engines deliver approximately 14% of the country’s electrical supply.
About RGK+Z&A Group
The vision of RGK+Z&A Group is to develop a portfolio of generating assets with a capacity of 500 MW supported by a strong EPC and Operations & Maintenance team. The target for the group in power generation is to develop around 100 MW of generation capacity based on natural gas by end of 2015. Beyond this stage, the company would explore generation projects - gas fired as well as renewable sources including Municipal Waste to Energy, wind and solar.
Over the long term, the company plans to be publicly listed in the upcoming Myanmar Stock Exchange and raise capital for larger projects.
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Rolls-Royce signed a long-term service agreement with RGK+Z&A for spare parts supply, supervision and maintenance for the Hlagwa Power Plant (Phase II) project today. The agreement was signed at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London by Lars Eikeland