# Wärtsilä commences site work for 378 MW power plant in El Salvador

Wärtsilä commenced site work for a 378 MW LNG-fired power plant in El Salvador, ordered by Energía del Pacífico, which will be the largest and most efficient in the country.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-01-08
- Where: El Salvador, El Salvador
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 378 MW
- Products: LNG-fired power plant, Wärtsilä 50SG engines, steam turbine
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Wärtsilä](https://endata.com/companies/254.md)
- [Invenergy](https://endata.com/companies/27606.md) (investor)
- [Energía del Pacífico](https://endata.com/companies/36559.md) (customer)
- [Energía del Pacífico](https://endata.com/companies/36559.md) (partner)
- [Quantum Energy](https://endata.com/companies/36674.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [wartsila.com](https://www.wartsila.com/media/news/08-01-2019-site-work-commences-for-wartsila-378-mw-power-plant-in-el-salvador-2628038), 2019-01-08: "The technology group Wärtsilä commenced site work for a new 378 MW power plant being supplied on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract in El Salvador."
- [industrialinfo.com](https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/wartsila-starts-preliminary-work-for-378-mw-plant-in-el-salvador-an-industrial-info-market-brief--268452), 2019-01-14: "Wartsila has begun preliminary work on the construction of a 378-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle power plant in El Salvador."

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