Valmet will supply automation to Scottish and Southern Energy's new Ferrybridge 2 waste-to-energy facility in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, UK. The order was placed by Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI), the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the facility.
With Valmet's advanced automation solutions, the facilities are able to reach high process availability and extract maximum energy value from the thermal treatment of the waste.
The value of the order will not be disclosed. Typically, the order value of automation system deliveries ranges from below Euro 1 million to Euro 3 million. The delivery will take place in June 2017, and the system will be handed over to the customer in July 2019.
The Ferrybridge 2 power plant will be built next door to the recently completed Ferrybridge 1 power plant that also uses the Valmet DNA system. Using a thermal waste-to-energy process, the new plant will annually handle around 570,000 tonnes of waste-derived fuel from various sources, such as municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial waste and waste wood.
Valmet's delivery to control the new plant's boiler, flue gas treatment and balance of plant will include a Valmet DNA automation system, an information management system, field engineering, commissioning and training.
Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.
