Environmental Services will help customers to minimise emissions into the air and water, and help them to meet increasingly stringent legislation and regulations.
The new portfolio includes a range of products, solutions and services aimed at both land-based power plants and ship installations.

As part of the portfolio, Wärtsilä offers catalysts (SCR) that treat nitrogen oxide emissions, while scrubbers are offered for removing sulphur oxides. Both are harmful emissions that have detrimental effects on humans and nature.

Wärtsilä can also offer complete oily water treatment systems for power plants and marine applications that meet the most stringent standards.

In addition, Wärtsilä is able to offer total service packages, including start-ups, installations, engineering work, and maintenance and repairs. Wärtsilä is also planning to develop a new area of expertise, namely consultancy services, to support customers in optimising their environmental performance.

Further plans to broaden the company·s services offering to customers are also in the works. Environmental Services will be offered via Wärtsilä·s global network.

Reducing emissions to below regulation limits

Tighter emissions legislation is impacting both the shipping and power plant sectors. For example, the forthcoming requirements of the International Maritime Organisation stipulate a significant reduction in sulphur oxide emissions. Also carbon dioxide emissions are being discussed within the IMO, where proposals for defining energy efficiency design and operational indexes for ships are under consideration. In Norwegian waters, lower nitrogen oxide emissions will reward ship owners through reduced nitrogen oxide emission fees.

Similarly, legislation requirements for power plants where the emission components are similar, are also becoming increasingly stringent. In tackling these environmental challenges, Wärtsilä·s Environmental Services can already now offer its customers a wide range of products that reduce emissions below regulation limits.

Source: Baird Maritime