Market Segment: Utility POWER PROFILE Customer: Henri Fraise Fils & Cie

Location: POWER NEED SOLUTION and , Keeping port city operations running is vital An evaluation by HFFC, also the local Cat® for all countries across the globe, but even dealer, determined that a build-own-operate Customer Business Issue: more so for island nations. Approximately plan would best serve the cities’ power needs Electric power generation source needed 360 kilometers (225 miles) southeast of Africa while by providing JIRAMA with an additional to supply prime power to two plants in in the Indian Ocean lay Madagascar, the fourth power source. The plants operating in 2007 Madagascar supporting the local utility largest island in the world and home to more were suffering from a number of challenges, than 20 million residents. The seaport cities including outdated and highly diversified of Mahajanga and Toliara play key roles in brands of generator sets, a lack of spare parts, Solution: maintaining the economy of the country as tools and little to no on-site staff who were ® • 3 Cat C175-16 generator sets at Mahajanga major import/export hubs. Providing power trained to conduct maintenance requirements. electric power plant to these business communities is crucial and • 1 Cat C175-16 generator set at Toliara electric allows them to function smoothly every day. In May 2008, the first of four Cat C175-16 diesel power plant generator sets arrived in Mahajanga. It was Located on the northwest coast of put into operation in July. Two months later, an Cat® Dealer: Madagascar, Mahajanga is the capital of the additional two C175-16 generator sets were Henri Fraise Fils & Cie region in the . brought on line at the same location while a In addition to serving as the island’s second fourth was installed at a facility in Toliara in largest marine terminal, the city is a popular October. Ferta Rakotomalalatiana, the project tourist destination for both Malagasy engineer of HFFC notes, “The C175-16s operate natives and international travelers. About at 50 Hz with ratings up to 2.2 MW and were 960 kilometers (599 miles) to the south, Toliara specifically chosen for this project based is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region on their high unit rating and superior power in the . An important port density. In addition, lower overall emissions town exporting the majority of the island’s make the C175-16s an ideal fit for our needs.” agricultural products, Toliara is also a thriving tourist city because of its famous coral reef. Both sites have shown excellent fuel consumption well within government Like most major cities on Madagascar, specifications despite a lack of high quality fuel. Mahajanga and Toliara are not 100 percent electrified. They fall into the 30 percent range The plant in Mahajanga operates roughly five with power needs of 4 to 6 MW. Only 2 to 3 MW hours per day while the Toliara installation of power is supplied by JIRAMA, the local provides electricity for over 20 hours per day. utility. Unfortunately, the towns suffer frequent Both produce an average of 1,870 kVA and blackouts, some lasting as long as 20 hours per allow critical trade operations at the seaports day, as the local utility switches which zones to proceed without power interruptions. The Innovative solutions provide power to port receive power on an hour-to-hour basis. cities no longer face being without electricity cities in Madagascar. for extended periods of time. In 2007, Henri Fraise Fils & Cie (HFFC) of Antananarivo, Madagascar, was determined RESULTS to find a way to provide a base load electrical The local Cat dealer’s innovative solution supply for both Mahajanga and Toliara and provided exactly what HFFC needed help curb the energy concerns of the cities. to fulfill the power requirements of the The lack of electricity had a severe impact on grid. “The C175-16 generator sets were business as well as the population. installed and commissioned quickly,” says Rakotomalalatiana. POWER PROFILE Customer: Henri Fraise Fils & Cie

Through the end of 2008, the four C175-16s had timing adjustment is no longer necessary and accumulated a total of 6,340 operating hours. HFFC has lowered its overall maintenance They run prime power as a daily power supply budget simply by cutting their upkeep time. to the national grid if needed. This ranges from Commissioning time is also reduced through 70 to 90 percent load in Mahajaga and 70 to 80 the use of electrically controlled thermostats. percent load in Toliara. The improvements on servicing the C175-16s are expected to lower labor hours as well as The dealer in Antananarivo is a 12-hour drive lower operating and maintenance costs. from Mahajanga and over 15 hours from Toliara and this generator set project is no different The innovative approach by Henri Fraise Fils & than any other when it comes to utilizing a Cie, Madagascar of owning power stations and strong maintenance plan. To keep costs low, selling the electricity also benefits JIRAMA. HFFC designed and implemented a thorough By providing additional power, JIRAMA is able training program to educate on-site staff. The to invest more time and resources in other technicians are trained to handle all scheduled electricity grid improvements throughout the oil sampling, equipment updates and repairs. country.

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