IN BRIEF

14MW IN GENSETS FOR THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY - SIERRA LEONE

Ghaddar Machinery has supplied the Ministry of Energy in Sierra Leone with diesel generators consisting of Cummins KTA50-G3 & KTA19-G4 engines and Leroy Somer LSA50.2M6 & TAL0473C alternators.

Through its dealer in Sierra Leone Ghaddar Machinery Co. has delivered the first batch of a project with a total capacity of 14 MW, consisting of multiple units synchronised together. The gensets will be distributed across seven power stations across the country.

Thanks to its position and climate

Sierra Leone is endowed with abundant renewable energy potential, but however it faces severe energy scarcity at grid level.

The energy supply infrastructure is limited to mainly oil-fired thermal plants and hydropower plants, with a small share of solar and biomass. Electrification is at 14% and only 17.8% of Sierra Leone’s total population of 7 million people has access to electricity.

DELIVERING A ROBUST SOLUTION TO MARKETS IN AFRICA WITH THE NEW V-TYPE ALTERNATOR RANGE

Mecc Alte works hard with its clients to continually develop a high-level of insight into the challenges which the power generator market faces with their generator sets and where/how they are operated.

The company’s latest heavy-duty alternator range - The V-Type - meets a demand from the markets for a product that offers increased resilience for use in gensets where environment or operation affects performances and could reduce performance.

Through continually speaking with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and end-users and gathering intelligence, Mecc Alte says it has been evolving its range with technical expertise and aftersales experience to bring customers its most resilient product.

The V-Type is built for optimum performance and reliability in tough environments. Having undergone rigorous testing, the V-Type is designed to operate in ‘harsh’ environments, so you can be sure of reliable power generation, regardless of the operational conditions.

Mecc Alte has incorporated several durability features to deliver maximum uptime for power requirements needed in severe environments:

•V-Type TOTAL+ is an exclusive winding treatment designed specifically to be more resilient, this insulation system upgrade further enhances the VPI impregnation which is standard on the range.

•Reinforced tape around the lower radius of the stator, plus an additional internal and external covering adds further durability to the NDE stator winding head

•Upgraded excitor stator, which are taped and given the VTP treatment

•30,000 premium bearing hours, for increased reliability

•Lower lamination slats reinforced with TOTAL+ insulation protection

•MxK digital regulators for safe setting/interrogation and offering integration to genset controllers

•Premium paint with anti-rust treatment

•Extended warranty

Mecc Alte’s Group Marketing Director, Jonathan Stokes, told AFRICA POWER NEWS: .“Power generation has become much more about complete solutions rather than individual products, we’re now supplying OEMs with alternators, controllers, battery chargers and governors that are required for their power generation applications. The result: is an integrated solution that very closely matches the unique demands of each and every power requirement. Understanding the full product lifecycle enables us to further evolve products from new perspectives.”

He concludes: “We pride ourselves on being the Power from Within the systems and generator sets that our customers produce; the V-Type is built for optimal uptime across the whole product lifecycle. Choose wisely. Choose the V-Type.”

Mecc Alte is a high-volume manufacturer producing in Italy, the UK, China, and India. Its diverse range includes small 2-pole and large 4-pole alternators, as well as medium and high voltage machines, DC units, custom builds and multi-pole units, spanning 1 – 5000kVA.