Finnish energy company Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy (TSE) has chosen Valmet as the boiler supplier for their upcoming power plant in Naantali, Finland. The new power plant is scheduled to start up in the autumn of 2017.
Valmet’s delivery will include a fluidised circulating bed (CFB) boiler and flue gas cleaning equipment. The steam capacity of the boiler plant will be 390MW. TSE is investing approx. EUR 260M in the new power plant. The investment will replace an old coal power plant that has been operating for 50 years in Naantali and provides an opportunity to increase renewable fuels in power generation. The new power plant will also enable to fulfil the new IEA emissions directive, which will come into effect in the European Union at the beginning of 2016.
The power plant will be able to use wood, straw, peat, coal, and Solid Recovered Fuel (RSF) produced from waste as fuels. According to plans, wood chips collected within a 100–150km distance from the power plant will form the main bio fuel. Construction of the new power plant is scheduled to start toward the end of 2014. Once finalised, the annual production at the power plant will be 900GWh of electricity and 1,650GWh of heat.
