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Converting waste streams into clean energy

The circular economy is about resource efficiency. Materials that cannot be used as raw materials for new products are converted into energy.

Inauguration of Meliora Bio´s biorefinery, in Kalundborg, Denmark

Meliora Bio AsP of Denmark has now successfully restarted the former Inbicon plant in Kalundborg that had been idle since 2014. The completely modernized facility is now making advanced, second-generation bioethanol, innovative food ingredients and lignin products.

Successful opening of the Bioprocess pilot facility

BPF has now officially opened its pilot facility located in the Biotech Campus Delft. Valmet is proud to be the supplier of the pre-hydrolysis system and congratulates BPF.

BS Energy taking steps towards zero coal

To decrease their carbon footprint, many energy producers are going green with Valmet’s sustainable biomass-fired plants. One of the companies taking steps towards zero coal with Valmet’s technology is BS Energy in Braunschweig, Germany. It supplies energy to the city of approximately 250,000 inhabitants and owns the local distribution networks.

Inauguration of Oulun Energia's Laanila biopower plant

January 28, 2021, marked the inauguration day of Oulun Energia’s new Laanila biopower plant in Oulu, Finland. Featuring the latest technology, the plant enables the company to meet growing energy demand, support its goal toward carbon neutrality by 2035 and promote a circular economy. The core of the plant – Valmet CFB Boiler – produces steam efficiently and sustainably as well as electricity and heat through cogeneration.

Ørsted to go coal-free by 2023

Climate change, carbon neutrality and low-emission energy production are on top of all environmentally-conscious energy producers’ agenda. Key to this lies in phasing out coal as a fuel and replacing it with biofuels.

Four new icebreakers from Arctech Helsinki Shipyard improve safety with Valmet DNA

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has built four icebreaking vessels for Sovcomflot, the largest shipping company in Russia. One is a supply vessel, and three of them are stand-by vessels. All four benefit from the advanced Valmet DNA automation system.

Optimized means profitable at all times

Two of Finland’s biggest energy producers, Helen and Vantaa Energy, have improved their short- and long-term production planning with a Valmet DNA Energy Management solution utilizing the vast opportunities of the Industrial Internet.

SCA Ortviken PM 5 breaking production records

As the existing slice control was a 17-year-old Valmet Jetmatic system, it was natural to look at upgrading it to a Valmet IQ Slice Profiler. Installation and start-up of the new system went smoothly and PM 5 now has a stable and modern system to control the basis weight profile.

Not just paper but functionality

When it was facing with end-of-life issues of quality control systems (QCS), Neenah Coldenhove turned to Valmet for a new solution. The successful start-up of a Valmet IQ QCS on paper machine PM 1 in 2016 was closely followed by a second system on paper machine PM 2 the following year.