Valmet to supply biomass-fired power boiler, biofuel storage and conveyor systems to HOFOR power plant in Denmark
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Valmet Oyj's press release on September 7, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. EET
Valmet and HOFOR Energiproduktion A/S have signed a contract regarding delivery
of a biomass-fired boiler plant and related biofuel storage and conveyor systems
to HOFOR's Amagerværket heat and power plant in Copenhagen. The new power plant
will supply electricity and heat for the needs of the city of Copenhagen.
The order is included in Valmet's third quarter 2016 orders received. The value
of the order is over EUR 150 million.
"The HOFOR biomass plant will be by value Valmet's largest boiler plant delivery
so far. We have been able to use experiences from earlier similar type of
projects in the design. The plant will fulfil tightening environmental
requirements by utilizing efficient firing technique. This is an important order
for our energy business and we estimate the employment impact to be about 1,000
man years including both Valmet's own and subcontractors' work. For Valmet the
main employment impact will be in Tampere and Ulvila in Finland," says Bertel
Karlstedt, President, Pulp and Energy business line at Valmet.
The investment will support the climate plan of Copenhagen, according to which
the city aims to become the first CO(2)-neutral capital in the world by the year
2025. Installation of the power plant is scheduled to begin in July 2017, and
the heat and power production will start in 2019.
The boiler plant to be supplied by Valmet will help to reduce CO(2)-emissions
from the plant by a total of 1.2 million tons annually. "The investment supports
HOFOR's strategy to reduce CO(2) emissions through environmentally friendly and
cost-efficient district heat production," says Carsten Schneider, Project
Director at HOFOR.
Technical information about the delivery
Valmet's delivery includes a 500 MWf CYMIC boiler that uses circulating
fluidized bed (CFB) technology, the district heat capacity of which will be 415
MJ/s. The power plant's net electricity production capacity will be
approximately 150 MW. The boiler will use a total of 1.2 million tons of
sustainable wood chips per year. The new boiler plant will replace an old 600 MW
coal-fired plant, the operation of which will end after the start-up of the new
plant.
Additionally Valmet's delivery includes biofuel storage and conveyor systems,
the capacity of which will be 105,000 cubic meters. The conveying system will
feed the boiler with 900 cubic meters of wood chips in an hour, which
corresponds to one 18 meters long trucks with biofuel every six minutes, 24
hours per day.
Illustration of the future Amagerværket heat and power plant in Copenhagen.
Architect: Gottlieb Paludan Architects
Information about the customer HOFOR
HOFOR is the largest utility company in Denmark with more than one million
customers in the greater Copenhagen area. The company pays special attention to
sustainable deliveries and renewable energy in its operations.
In co-operation with a number of larger European energy companies HOFOR
participates in developing requirements regarding biomass acquisition under
Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) collaboration. HOFOR has signed a
voluntary agreement between Danish energy companies, the target of which is to
secure sustainable biomass use.
HOFOR supplies district heat to 500,000 inhabitants, town gas to 300,000
inhabitants, and district cooling to 39 major customers. In addition, the
company is in charge of water supply and waste water services of approximately
one million inhabitants.
VALMET
Corporate Communications
For further information, please contact:
Kai Mäenpää, Vice President, Energy Sales and Services Operations, EMEA, Valmet,
tel. +358 10 676 2410
Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation
and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Valmet's vision is to
become the global champion in serving its customers.
Valmet's services cover everything from maintenance outsourcing to mill and
plant improvements and spare parts. The strong technology offering includes pulp
mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for
bio-energy production. Valmet's advanced automation solutions range from single
measurements to mill wide turnkey automation projects.
Valmet's net sales in 2015 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Our 12,000
professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to
moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is
in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
Read more www.valmet.com, www.twitter.com/valmetglobal
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