Wärtsilä to provide energy storage systems to the Cayman Islands, continuing power system optimisation in the Caribbeans
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 26 September 2022 at 2 PM EESTThe technology group Wärtsilä will supply two 10-megawatt (MW) / 10-megawatt hour (MWh) energy storage systems under an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract to Caribbean Utilities Company Ltd (CUC) in the Cayman Islands. This project, which will be CUC’s first energy storage facilities, will enable the utility to approximately double its renewable energy capacity on Grand Cayman, the largest of the three Cayman Islands. The order was booked to Wärtsilä’s order intake in Q3 2022.
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