Riikinvoima Oy Orders Andritz Waste-to-Energy Power Plant
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Andritz, Graz, Austria, has been selected by the local utility, Riikinvoima Oy, to supply a waste-to-energy power plant to Leppävirta, Finland. Startup is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2016.
The plant is designed to treat 145,000 metric tons of waste per year, coming from eight local waste management companies. The design capacity is 16 MW for electricity and 38 MW for district heating.
Andritz will supply a circulating fluidized bed boiler, waste fuel treatment, and flue gas cleaning systems, a steam turbine, electrification, automation, and auxiliary systems. The high efficiency of the Andritz plant and the technology to enhance environmental protection were decisive in the award of this order, Andritz notes.
