ROLLS-ROYCE WINS GAS GENSET DEAL FOR AUSTRALIAN MINE

olls-Royce is to deliver 15 gas gensets to a key iron ore mine in Australia. The deal is between Rolls Royce, its agent Penske Australia, and Contract Power, which builds power stations in remote locations. The 15 medium-speed gensets will power the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project in Western Australia, an unincorporated joint venture between Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary FMG Iron Bridge and Formosa Steel IB. The deal marks Rolls-Royce’s first project with medium-speed engines for stationary power supply in Australia. The gensets are based on the new Rolls-Royce Bergen 20-cylinder B36:45 gas engine.