Kvaerner Power, part of the Aker Kvaerner group, will deliver a boiler island to Falu Energi & Vatten AB which is a community owned energy company producing and supplying district heating and electricity to the city of Falun in Central Sweden some 200 km north west of Stockholm.
The new power plant which operates in parallel with the existing energy production unit, is designed for 30 MW heating capacity and 9 MW electricity capacity. With this new investment, Falu's district heating production will be almost independent of using fossil fuels and oil. This will have positive environmental effects and also improves the economy of district heating.
Kvaerner Power's delivery will consist of a power boiler (31 MWth) using bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) technology with auxiliary equipment and a turbine. The boiler will burn biofuels like wood chips, bark and saw dust. The delivery consists also of a flue gas condensing plant which improves the thermal efficiency of the power plant. The boiler island will be ready in the beginning of 2007.
One of the world's largest producers of short-fiber bleached eucalyptus pulp and a customer with long relations to Aker Kvaerner, CENIBRA (Celulose Nipo-Brasileira S.A) in Brazil is investing to increase its annual pulp mill production from 940,000 tons up to 1,140,000 tons. The mill is located in the county of Belo Oriente, in the South-Eastern part of Brazil.
Kvaerner Power will upgrade the mill's two existing evaporation plants and increase capacity with 20 per cent to 1,060 tons of evaporated water per hour. Kvaerner Power will also upgrade the system to burn the mill's strong odorous gases and supply a new white liquor oxidation plant to oxidate white liquor for further use and savings of chemicals in the mill's fiberline area. The upgrades will be ready in the autumn of 2006.
Stora Enso's Kemijärvi pulp mill in Finland is modernising its odorous gas treatment system. Kvaerner Power will supply the back-up system for burning non-condensible gases and an expansion to burn weak gases from the mill.
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Media:
Torbjorn Andersen, Senior Vice President, Group Communications, Aker Kvaerner.
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Torbjorn Andersen, Senior Vice President, Group Communications, Aker Kvaerner.
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Terttu Tuominen, Communications Manager, Kvaerner Power.
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Lasse Torkildsen, VP Investor Relations, Group Communications, Aker Kvaerner.
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Notes to editors:
Kvaerner Power's BFB technology for demanding biofuels
Kvaerner Power is a forerunner and an expert in bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boilers for environmentally friendly power generation from biofuels and recycled fuel with steam capacity ranging from 20 to 300 MWth. Kvaerner Power's HYBEX® boilers using BFB technology, are suitable for wide range of fuel moisture from thermally dried bark to high moisture forest residue.
Kvaerner Power is a forerunner and an expert in bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boilers for environmentally friendly power generation from biofuels and recycled fuel with steam capacity ranging from 20 to 300 MWth. Kvaerner Power's HYBEX® boilers using BFB technology, are suitable for wide range of fuel moisture from thermally dried bark to high moisture forest residue.
Kvaerner Power EVAPSTM evaporation
Kvaerner Power is a leading supplier of evaporators and condensate treatment plants for the pulp and paper industry. The evaporation innovations, the TUBEL® and REVAP(TM) are ideal solutions for high dry solids applications.
Kvaerner Power is a leading supplier of evaporators and condensate treatment plants for the pulp and paper industry. The evaporation innovations, the TUBEL® and REVAP(TM) are ideal solutions for high dry solids applications.
Kvaerner Power environmental systems
Kvaerner Power has gained a reputation of being the world's No.1 provider by executing safe and reliable environmental systems for non-condensable gas incineration and flue gas cleaning in the pulp industry. Kvaerner Power's ODOCON(TM) products offer systems for odour control for the pulp and paper industry and GASCON(TM) products are designed for flue gas treatment for the pulp and paper and power generation industries.
Kvaerner Power has gained a reputation of being the world's No.1 provider by executing safe and reliable environmental systems for non-condensable gas incineration and flue gas cleaning in the pulp industry. Kvaerner Power's ODOCON(TM) products offer systems for odour control for the pulp and paper industry and GASCON(TM) products are designed for flue gas treatment for the pulp and paper and power generation industries.
AKER KVÆRNER ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Aker Kvaerner"), is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. The business within Aker Kvaerner span a number of industries, including Oil & Gas production, Refining & Chemicals, Mining & Metals, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology, Power Generation and Pulp & Paper. Aker Kvaerner has aggregated annual revenues of approximately USD 4.5 billion and employs around 22,000 employees in more than 30 countries. The Aker Kvaerner group consists of a number of separate legal entities. Aker Kvaerner is used as the common brand/trademark for most of these entities. The parent company in the group is Aker Kværner ASA.
Kvaerner Power is a pioneer in large scale fluidized bed combustion for pulp and paper industry and power producers. Approximately 200 power boilers in operation testify to the expertise in fluidized bed technology with demanding fuels. Kvaerner Power is also the leading chemical recovery equipment supplier in the world with its 300 recovery boilers and 300 evaporation unit deliveries. Kvaerner Power has designed and manufactured the world's largest recovery units and biomass-fired fluidized bed boilers. Kvaerner Power with main operations in Finland, Sweden, USA and Brazil has annual revenues of approximately EUR 350 million and it employs 1,400 people worldwide.
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