Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the power generating equipment and associated engineering for the power generation of the Cabin Gas Plant Power Generation Project in British Columbia, Canada.

Wärtsilä will supply three Wärtsilä 20V34SG gas engine generator sets running on natural gas producing a combined output of over 26 MW.

The power plant will provide electricity to a natural gas processing plant producing pipeline quality gas from shale formations located in the heart of the Horn River Basin, one of the most prolific shale gas deposits in North America. The power plant will run on the natural gas processed by this natural gas processing plant.

The engine generator sets and equipment will be delivered in the 3rd quarter of 2011 and the natural gas processing plant is expected to be operational in the fall of 2012. Operating in a remote northern location near the border of British Columbia and Northwest Territories, in Arctic-like climatic conditions, Wärtsilä’s reliability and extensive service capabilities will be crucial to the project’s success.