Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s largest shipyard, announced yesterday that it won a $160 million order for packaged power stations from the government of Venezuela.
A packaged power station is a small power station, the equipment for which is packed into a 40-foot container.
The packaged power stations are powered by Hyundai Heavy Industries’ HiMSEN engine that can run on diesel or on cheaper heavy oil.
The order is for 120 units of packaged power stations, with a combined capacity of 204 megawatts, sufficient to supply electricity to 200,000 households, the company said. Of the 120 units, 64 will be installed in the cities of Guacara and Moron, located in the northern Carabobo state.
The characteristics of its packaged power stations made them the ideal solution for Venezuela’s severe electricity shortages caused by the prolonged drought as the country relies heavily on hydroelectricity for its power supply, the company said.
Aside from Venezuela, more than 820 packaged power stations have been exported to 19 countries including Brazil, Cuba and Iraq, the company said.
The company said that its packaged power stations have proved popular in Middle Eastern and South American nations whose electric grids are prone to damage from natural disasters and conflicts due to their durability, transportability and simple installation.
According to the company, its packaged power stations installed in Chile and Haiti continued to function despite the recent earthquakes.
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