Metso supplies power boiler to Mölndal Energi s combined heat and power plant in Sweden

Metso Power, a part of Metso Paper business area, will supply
Mölndal Energi AB with a biomass-fired power boiler to company's new
combined heat and power plant in Mölndal, Sweden. Start-up for the
plant is scheduled for the second half of 2009. The value of the
order is approximately EUR 45 million. The order will be included in
Metso's third quarter order backlog.

The power boiler (70 MWth) will utilize bubbling fluidized bed
technology and will burn biomass replacing the plant's use of fossil
fuels in the district heat production. The plant's district heating
capacity will satisfy the need of around 25 000 houses. Mölndal
Energi also starts to produce electricity and the capacity will
correspond to the yearly demand of all households in Mölndal.

Mölndal Energi AB, part of the Mölndal Energi group, offers district
heating, electricity, electricity distribution network, broadband,
cable television and contract services. Mölndal Energi AB has a
district heating network near Gothenburg and it is also an
independent player on the Swedish electricity market. The company
supplies electricity to around 22,250 customers.

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2006
net sales of approximately EUR 5 billion. Its 25,500 employees in
more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper
industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and
selected other industries.
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Further information for the press, please contact:
Martin Ridderheim, Vice President & General Manager, Metso Power,
tel. +46 706 541 237

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