Andritz has been selected by the local utility company Riikinvoima Oy to supply a waste-to-energy power plant to Leppävirta, Finland. Start-up is scheduled for the 4Q 2016.

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Andritz to supply new waste-to-energy power plant to Riikinvoima Oy in Finland

Oct 22, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. International technology Group Andritz has been selected by the local utility company Riikinvoima Oy to supply a waste-to-energy power plant to Leppävirta, Finland. Start-up is scheduled for the 4Q 2016, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The new plant is designed to treat 145,000 tons of waste per year coming from eight local waste management companies. The design capacity is 16 megawatts for electricity and 38 megawatts for district heating.

Andritz will supply a circulating fluidized bed boiler, waste fuel treatment and flue gas cleaning systems, a steam turbine, electrification, automation, and auxiliary systems. The high efficiency of the boiler plant and the Andritz technology to enhance environmental protection were decisive in the award of this order.