MAN Diesel & Turbo delivers Lungga Power Station on the Solomon Islands
MAN Diesel & Turbo has completed construction of a new power station near the country’s capital, Honiara. The Lungga project represents the largest infrastructure investment in the Solomon Islands in more than 20 years, and will restore much needed reliability to Honiara’s electricity supply.
As the power station is the main source of power for the nation’s capital, more than 65,000 residents will benefit from the upgrade. The four MAN 9L27/38 diesel generator sets have been manufactured in MAN’s Indian based production facility in Aurangabad and will add an additional 10 megawatts of generation capacity to the plant.
As the project was executed under an EPC contract with Solomon Power, MAN Diesel & Turbo had responsibility for the design, installation, manufacture and procurement of the necessary equipment with full responsibility for constructing the project.
“The Lungga power plant is yet another important Pacific island reference for MAN’s 27/38 diesel engine. Our 27/38 engine features a unique design which allows the piston, cylinder liner, conrod and cylinder head to be removed as one unit,” Michael Masters, Manager Power Plants Australia, New Zealand & Pacific Region at MAN Diesel & Turbo, said. “This allows for fast overhauls, thereby reducing downtime and increasing plant availability.”
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