The inauguration of Skövde Värmeverk’s (Sweden) new Valmet (Finland)-delivered biomass based power plant was held this past week. The inauguration speech was delivered by Minister for Policy Coordination and Energy Ibrahim Baylan. Other speakers in the inauguration were Sammy Tanhua, CEO of Skövde Värmeverk, Chairman of the Board Philip Segell, and Municipal Counsellor Leif Walterum. The official inauguration was followed by a tour at the power plant. 

"It's a great day for us as a company and for the municipal of Skövde. With this additional biomass plant, we will be able to deliver sustainable and climate neutral heating and power to Skövde and also be prepared for future growth of the city. This new plant will help to reduce 40,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions on an annual basis. The project has run smoothly and we are very pleased in the project organization with Valmet as the lead contractor," said Sammy Tanhua, CEO of Skövde Värmeverk AB.

 

 

"It has been a great pleasure to follow the project from the first contacts to this inauguration. And it is satisfying to see the proud customer showing the inauguration guests this very nice plant," added Mikael Barkar, senior sales manager, Energy Sales and Services Operations, Valmet.

The new power plant produces district heat to the local district heat network and electricity to the national grid. The boiler is fueled with wood chips and bark. The power plant has a thermal capacity of 38 MWth and additional 8.5 MWth is recovered from water vapor using Valmet's flue gas condensing technology.

Valmet's complete process delivery from fuel reception to stack included a biomass-fired HYBEX boiler, a flue gas condensing scrubber, a combustion air moisturizing tower, CO2 and NH3 scrubbers, condensate treatment, electrification, instrumentation, and automation.

Skövde Värmeverk is a limited liability company owned by Skövde municipality and was established in 2003. The company's task is to produce environmentally friendly electricity and district heating in Skövde municipality.