Northern Power Awarded $2.7M PEMEX Contract

Northern Power, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: DESC), has been awarded a $2.7 million contract by Instalaciones Electromecanicas, Civiles y Electricas, S.A. de C.V. (IECESA), a systems integration service company based in Cd. del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico, to design, fabricate, integrate and install independent MT-Power(TM) remote power systems for two new offshore crude oil & natural gas production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The new systems will supply reliable power to two new oil production platforms for the critical communications and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that must be functional at all times. These capabilities include radios, video, process controls, fire and gas, and emergency shutdown systems, as well as water pumps, filters and air conditioners. The projects are part of IECESA’s work on behalf of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) — the state-owned petroleum company of Mexico. The world’s ninth largest integrated oil company, PEMEX currently operates approximately 190 platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Second Contract Win for Microturbine-Based System The MT-Power systems will incorporate TA-30 and TA-60 Class 1, Division 2 (C1D2) hazardous environment microturbines from Elliott Energy Systems. The IECESA project is the second contract win for Northern Power since the launch […]

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