NEWS

(05/02/2014 / sha)

Valmet: Boiler plant to Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto

Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy (TSE) has chosen Valmet as the boiler supplier for their upcoming power plant in Naantali, Finland. The new power plant is scheduled to start up in the autumn of 2017.

 
 

Valmet's delivery will include a fluidized circulating bed (CFB) boiler and flue gas cleaning equipment. The steam capacity of the boiler plant will be 390 MW. The total estimated cost of TSE's power plant investment is EUR 260 million. The share of the boiler in this kind of projects is typically one third of the total investment.

The investment will replace an old coal power plant that has been operating for 50 years in Naantali and provides an opportunity to increase renewable fuels in power generation. The power plant will be able to use wood, straw, peat, coal, and Solid Recovered Fuel (RSF) produced from waste as fuels. According to plans, wood chips collected within a 100 to 150 km distance from the power plant will form the main bio fuel. The plant will use approximately 0.7 million solid m3 of wood chips annually. Later on the amount of wood chips may be as high as 1.2 million solid m3 annually.

Construction of the new power plant is scheduled to start toward the end of 2014.