Customer case:

Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto - Environmentally friendly energy with renewable fuels

Apr 7, 2020

Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto's power plant in Naantali on the Southwestern coast of Finland produces district heat and electricity for the area of Turku and process steam for the needs of nearby companies. This large-scale multi-fuel plant is designed to generate power by utilizing solely bio fuels at a very high efficiency ratio. Valmet’s automation systems and Industrial Internet solutions enable the power plant to run at a totally new level of efficiency in its performance and operations.

"We are convinced that Valmet's total solution that features both automation and boiler technology from the same supplier works best for us."
Tapani Bastman, Managing Director, Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto

SUMMARY

Location Naantali, Finland
Customer challenge
  • To replace an old coal power plant that  has been operating for 50 years  ​
  • To increase renewable fuels in power generation​
  • To enable compliance with the new IEA Emissions Directive
Solution
  • Valmet CFB Boiler based on circulating fluidized bed technology
  • Flue gas cleaning equipment​
  • Flue gas condensing equipment
  • Asphaltene combustion systems​
  • Valmet DNA automation and safety interlocking systems​
  • Valmet Training Simulators and Valmet Online Learning courses 
Results
  • Large-scale multifuel plant is designed to generate power by utilizing bio fuels at a very high efficiency ratio​
  • Meets the IEA emissions directive
  • Automation to secure the plant’s availability​
  • The total uniform solution without integration costs​
  • Single point of responsibility for design, implementation, start-up and tests
Keywords CFB boiler, Automation, EMEA

Technical data

Steam

144/130 kg/s
​164/44 bar
​555/555 oC​
390 MWth

Fuels Wood biomass, agro biomass, ​peat, coal, SRF
Start-up 2017