EANS-News: ANDRITZ to supply eco-friendly biomass boiler plant to Fortum Värme, Sweden
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Graz (euro adhoc) - Graz, January 10, 2013. International technology Group
ANDRITZ has received an order from Fortum Värme to supply a circulating
fluidized bed boiler for the new Värtaverket combined heat and power plant in
Stockholm, Sweden. The biomass boiler plant will be one of the largest of its
kind worldwide. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2015.
The order includes the supply of a PowerFluid fluidized bed boiler with useful
heat output of 330 MW, a flue gas cleaning plant, as well as the electrical and
control systems. With the new plant from ANDRITZ Energy & Environment, which
will cover the rising demand for district heating in Stockholm, fossil-based
fuels like coal and oil can be replaced largely by eco-friendly biomass. When
the biomass boiler plant is started up, the proportion of renewable fuels used
at the Värtaverket power station will increase from 45% to 70%.
The heating generated in the new Värtaverket combined heat and power plant will
be equivalent to the demand from a total of 190,000 households. Current
investments by Fortum Värme make a substantial contribution towards placing
Stockholm among the leading capital cities worldwide in terms of air quality.
Fortum Värme's goal is to supply Stockholm entirely with climate-neutral heat by
2030.
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The ANDRITZ GROUP
International technology Group ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants,
equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry,
solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors, the steel
industry, and the production of animal feed and biomass pellets. In addition,
ANDRITZ offers technologies for other sectors including automation, pumps,
machinery for nonwovens and plastic films, steam boiler plants, biomass boilers
and gasification plants for energy generation, flue gas cleaning plants, plants
for the production of panelboard (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and
torrefaction plants. The publicly listed ANDRITZ GROUP is headquartered in Graz,
Austria, and has a staff of more than 17,700 employees worldwide. ANDRITZ
operates over 180 production sites, service, and sales companies all around the
world.
ANDRITZ Energy & Environment
ANDRITZ Energy & Environment, part of the PULP & PAPER business area, is a
globally leading, full-line supplier of energy generation and environmental
technology plants and systems. The company plans and builds turnkey power plants
and supplies such components as steam boilers and flue gas cleaning systems.
Service and modernization complete the product portfolio.
Further inquiry note:
Oliver Pokorny
Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 1332
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:oliver.pokorny@andritz.com
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