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island has some of the best diving and fishing in the
world and is already a favored destination for U.S. ABOUT WÄRTSILÄ ENERGY
cruise ships and the setting for the Caribbean Cup,
an international deep-diving competition. Leading the energy transition:
Now the roads are paved, the streetlights
installed, and there is a diminished threat of a Wärtsilä leads the transition towards a
blackout, the potential to attract more tourists and 100% renewable energy future. We help our
customers in decarbonisation by developing
more investment from resorts is enhanced. With market-leading technologies. These cover
Wärtsilä’s smart energy storage technology and future-fuel enabled balancing power
controls, alongside flexible and fast-acting LPG power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and
generation, RECO can continue to support the island’s optimisation technology, including the GEMS
development with sustainable electricity, integrating energy management platform. Wärtsilä
further renewable power sources as time goes on. To Energy’s lifecycle services are designed to
this end, RECO stands ready to meet future electricity increase efficiency, promote reliability and
needs as it had the foresight to plan for the need to guarantee operational performance.
increase supply as part of its overhaul project. Our track record comprises 74 GW of power
“The Roatan model is one that other Caribbean plant capacity and more than 80 energy
islands, similarly, blessed with abundant renewable storage systems delivered to 180 countries
resources can learn from. The combination of around the world.
optimisation and control of assets with renewables
and energy storage enables islands to move from
underdevelopment to the state-of-the-art technology
in step with others around the world,” stated
Matthew Harper, Director of Operations, Roatan
Electric Company.

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