DISTRICT HEATING INDUSTRY NEWS
Optimisation solution for Finnish power plant
Napapiirin Energia ja Vesi Oy’s Suosiola power plant in Rovaniemi, Finland.
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district heat network optimisation solution and a production planning system
from Valmet will be supplied to Napapiirin Energia ja Vesi Oy’s Suosiola power plant in Rovaniemi, Finland, in April, 2016. With this investment, the company, which is owned by
the city of Rovaniemi, will be able to control its district heat production cost-effectively and also boost its output.
Valmet’s delivery will feature district heat network optimisa- tion, including control of the network based on weather forecasts. The company will also supply a production optimi-
sation and planning system. “The optimisation solution will improve the quality of our core business process and will also enable cost savings in combined heat and electricity production,” said Jukka Partanen, Production Director, Napapiirin Energia ja Vesi Oy.
“The scalability and production
boosting features of Valmet’s district heat optimisation solution are extensively utilised in this project. This is made possible by the advanced multivariable con- trol,” pointed out Teijo Salonpää, Solution Manager, Automation, Valmet.
More information from
www.valmet.com
Porvoo Energy to increase production
District heat production will be increased at Porvoo Energy Ltd by a new boiler plant, which will be built by KPA Unicon Ltd at Loviisa in Finland. With this new boiler plant the use of renewable fuels for energy production will be boosted from 70% to 90%. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 14 September.
Porvoo Energy is owned by the city of Porvoo and is responsible for electricity and heat produc- tion, sales and distribution of heat and natural gas and sales of electricity, as well as corporate governance. Porvoo Energy’s sub- sidiary, Porvoo Electricity Network Ltd’s main task is the distribution of electricity.
The Unicon Biograte 10 MWth biomass boiler plant will use local wood-based biomass such as bark and wood chips as fuel and will serve as base load plant
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to produce hot water for the city´s district heating network. The delivery is a turnkey project, including Unicon Biograte com- bustion technology, all process equipment, buildings, installation works, commissioning and train- ing for the operational personnel. The plant will be handed over to the customer in April, 2016. The parties have also signed a five years’ service agreement to facilitate forecasting the service and maintenance works at the plant. The agreement also guar- antees support during the plant’s life cycle.
“The service agreement is good example of the new thinking on life cycle services. Life cycle services have become a very im- portant issue when deciding the boiler plant supplier,” said Jukka Rouhiainen, Porvoo Energy’s Development Director. “The most
important things for which we chose KPA Unicon to supply the new boiler plant was that they had a suitable solution for us,
feasibility of the investment and price.”
More information from
www.kpaunicon.com
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