Saxlund International GmbH, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opcon AB, has received an order from Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S, Denmark, for the delivery of a state-of-the-art wood biomass handling system to a green energy project in Margam – Port Talbot, between Swansea and Cardiff in South Wales, UK.

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Saxlund takes Euro 3 million order for wood biomass handling system in the UK

Jul 29, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Saxlund International GmbH, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opcon AB, has received an order from Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S, Denmark, for the delivery of a state-of-the-art wood biomass handling system to a green energy project in Margam – Port Talbot, between Swansea and Cardiff in South Wales, UK, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The scope of Saxlund’s order encompass the design, manufacturing, delivery and commissioning of two fully automatic fuel handling systems, each with a capacity to allow for a 100% redundancy in feeding the boiler the equivalent of 125 MW of fuel input. Both systems shall be installed for fuel reception, fuel feeding and mixing of fuel in the fuel storage.

The entire fuel feeding system, including wood storage and conveyor systems will be designed for multifuel waste wood, designed for efficiency, minimum maintenance and high availability as well as low emission of dust and noise.

Total order value is over Euro 3 million (close to SEK 30 million) with commissioning in September 2016 and take-over in 2017.