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News Release from: Foster Wheeler
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 March 2006
CFB boiler to reduce emissions in
Finland
Contract for the design, supply and erection of a peat- and biomass-fired circulating fluidised-bed boiler island at combined heat and power plant in Tornio, northern Finland.
Foster Wheeler Energia has been awarded a contract for the design, supply and erection of a peat- and biomass-fired circulating fluidised-bed (CFB) boiler island by Tornion Voima, a subsidiary of Etela-Pohjanmaan Voima (EPV) The boiler will be supplied for Tornion Voima's combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Tornio, northern Finland
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 21 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The CHP plant produces electricity, process steam and district heat for one of the world's largest stainless steel mills, owned by Outokumpu Stainless.
The value of the contract, which will be included in the company's first-quarter 2006 bookings, is about US$35 million.
Commercial operation of the new boiler is scheduled for the last quarter of 2007.
Foster Wheeler will supply the 131 thermal megawatt CFB boiler and auxiliary equipment, including a feed water system, flue gas cleaning system and the boiler house, and will carry out the erection and commissioning of the boiler island.
The boiler will be designed to burn 100% peat or coal, with the flexibility of combining those fuels with wood residues, carbon monoxide gas from the steel mill or pre-sorted industrial waste.
"Foster Wheeler is very pleased with this award in Finland, one of our home markets", said Bernard Cherry, CEO of Foster Wheeler Global Power Group.
"Our state-of-the-art CFB technology offers our clients cost-effective fuel flexibility, enabling them to burn indigenous fuels such as peat and biomass, as well as other fuels such as coal and recycled fuel, in an efficient and environmentally friendly way".
Rami Vuola, Managing Director of Tornion Voima and EPV, said: "The decision to use CFB technology at our new CHP plant is a logical continuation of our strategy to move EPV's production portfolio in a more environmentally sound direction".
"The CFB boiler is capable of burning a wide range of domestic fuels and is expected to reduce emissions in the Tornio area presently caused by heavy oil firing".
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