Valmet will deliver turnkey automation solutions to two new plants currently under development. A new combined heat and power (CHP) plant will be built in Vilnius, Lithuania, and a waste treatment facility in San Sebastian, Spain.
The Vilnius project consists of two bio boilers and one waste-to-energy line, while the San Sebastian project encompasses two waste-to-energy lines. Valmet acts as the automation supplier to the Germany-based Steinmüller Babcock Environment, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company that is leading the construction projects for both plants. The orders are included in Valmet’s first quarter 2018 orders received.
Steinmüller Babcock Environment chose Valmet because it is a well-known supplier of automation solutions with a solid track record of established customers in the waste-to-energy (WtE) and biomass-to-energy (BtE) sectors. The company’s decades-long experience in automation, superior project management know-how, as well as local service capabilities were among the key drivers to be selected as a supplier. Steinmüller Babcock Environment also had had good experience of working with Valmet, acting as a lot supplier for a previous project in 2014 – the Tammervoima waste-to-energy plant in Tampere, Finland.
Valmet is not only a solution provider, but also a good partner that helps EPCs execute projects from engineering to commissioning. The company’s vast experience in working with WtE and BtE plants makes it an ideal partner in finding the most appropriate solutions during the engineering phase.
