EANS-News: ANDRITZ to supply major equipment for Mjölby biomass power plant, Sweden
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Graz (euro adhoc) - Graz, September 23, 2013. ANDRITZ Energy & Environment
(AE&E), part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order
from energy utility Mjölby-Svartadalen Energi (MSE) to supply a biomass-fired
combined heat and power plant for the town of Mjölby, Sweden. Start-up is
scheduled for the third quarter of 2015.
The scope of supply comprises an EcoFluid bubbling fluidized bed boiler with a
capacity of 35 megawatts, the fuel handling and flue gas cleaning systems, as
well as a steam turbine with all auxiliary systems. The high efficiency of the
ANDRITZ boiler plant and the modern technology to enhance environmental
protection were decisive in the award of this order.
The new biomass power plant will supply renewable, clean energy for the district
heating supply to the town of Mjölby (26,000 inhabitants) in southern Sweden.
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The ANDRITZ GROUP
The ANDRITZ GROUP is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and
services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking
and steel industries, and solid/liquid separation in the municipal and
industrial sectors. In addition, ANDRITZ offers technologies for certain other
sectors including automation, the production of animal feed and biomass pellets,
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 panelboards (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and
biomass torrefaction plants. The publicly listed, international technology Group
is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of around 23,900 employees.
ANDRITZ operates over 220 production sites as well as service and sales
companies all around the world.
ANDRITZ Energy & Environment
ANDRITZ Energy & Environment, part of ANDRITZ's PULP & PAPER business area, is a
globally leading, full-line supplier of energy generation and environmental
technology plants and systems. The company designs and constructs turnkey power
plants and supplies components such as steam generators 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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