The international technology company ANDRITZ will supply a circulating fluidized bed boiler for a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Vaertaverket in Stockholm, Sweden. The plant will commence operations in the third quarter of 2015 and the order includes a PowerFluid fluidized bed boiler giving a heat output of 330MW as well as a flue gas cleaning plant and electrical and control systems.
Demand district heating systems is increasing in Sweden and fossil-fuel systems will ultimately be replaced, largely by eco-friendly biomass. When the biomass boiler starts operating the amount of renewable fuel used at the Vaertaverket will jump from its present 45% to 70%. This will represent the equivalent of the energy demand of 190,000 households.
The plant has been ordered by Fortum Vaerme which has already made a significant contribution towards making Stockholm a leading city in Europe in terms of air quality. The company’s target is to supply the city entirely with climate neutral heat by 2030.
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