(Source: Datamonitor)
Metso, a Finnish industrial conglomerate, has said that it will supply a waste gasification plant to Lahti Energia in Lahti, Finland. The contract includes waste gasification process, gas boiler and flue gas cleaning system with auxiliary systems and automation system for the whole power plant.
The gasification plant represents a new type of technology that enables Lahti Energia to convert recycled waste into energy at high efficiency and reduce use of fossil fuels in Lahti significantly. There will be two gasification lines in the new power plant, and together they will produce 50MW electricity and 90MW district heat.
The commercial operation of the plant is scheduled for 2012. The value of the Metso order has not been disclosed but Lahti Energia's total investment is E157 million.
Janne Savelainen, managing director of Lahti Energia, said: "Our power plant project is internationally important. We will build a totally new kind of environmentally friendly technology. Our new plant will increase the total efficiency of the available energy production in the Lahti city area and also ensure sufficiency of electricity and especially heat for increasing needs in this area."
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