Diesel and Gas-Engine Power Plants in the Faroe Islands
& Greenland

Nuuk Location: Greenland Operator: Nukissiorfiit Configuration: 22 MW diesel power plant Operation: 1969-1975 Fuel: diesel oil E/G supplier: various Quick facts: Greenland is served by a single hydroelectric plant and dozens of diesel engines at the towns and settlements up and down both coasts.  Photograph courtesy of Nukissiorfiit Posted 6 Aug 2003	Strond Location: Faroe Islands Operator: Elektricitetsselskabet SEV Configuration: 1 X 500 kW, 1 X 2.3 MW, 1 X 3.6 MW Fuel: diesel oil Operation: 1950-1982 E/G supplier: Mirrlees, MAK, Brush, Thrige Quick facts: The Strond site was first developed in 1931 for a minihydro plant. It is located in a small village on Haraldssund. Photograph courtesy of Elektricitetsselskabet SEV Posted 17 Sep 2008	Sundsverkið Location: Faroe Islands Operator: Elektricitetsselskabet SEV Configuration: 1 X 5.7 MW, 2 X 8.1 MW, 2 X 12.4 MW Fuel: heavy oil Operation: 1978-2003 E/G supplier: Mirrlees, MAK, MAN B&W, AVK, Brush, Jeumont-Schneider Quick facts: This is the largest power plant in the Faroes and accounts for nearly half of SEV's installed capacity. Annual fuel burn is around 25,000t of heavy oil. Photograph courtesy of Elektricitetsselskabet SEV Posted 17 Sep 2008

Abbreviations: E/G = engine/generator, EPC = engineering, procurement, and construction