# Southern Power and Wärtsilä sign MoU to develop two gas power plants in USA

Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wärtsilä to develop two flexible gas power plant projects in the USA, each up to 450 MW.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2017-08-08
- Where: United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 450 MW each
- Products: gas power plants
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Southern Power](https://endata.com/companies/25372.md)
- [Wärtsilä](https://endata.com/companies/254.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [gasworld.com](https://www.gasworld.com/story/southern-power-and-wartsila-sign-mou-to-develop-two-large-gas-power-plants-in-usa/2083821.article/), 2017-08-08: "Southern Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Finland-based generation technology provider Wärtsilä to develop two flexible gas power plant projects."
- [bicmagazine.com](https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/powergen/southern-power-wartsila-to-develop-large-scale-gas-power-pla/), 2017-09-18: "Southern Power and technology group Wartsila have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop two flexible gas power plant projects"

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