ANDRITZ : to supply high-efficiency, biomass-fired bubbling fluidized bed boiler to Pori Energia, Finland

ANDRITZ's scope of supply comprises engineering, erection work, and start-up of the fluidized bed boiler, including delivery of a flue gas cleaning system and other auxiliary equipment.

The equipment and technologies supplied by ANDRITZ are essential parts of a high-efficiency biomass power plant for supply of green energy to the national grid. The new power plant will be fired with biomass, such as forest fuels and sawmill residues, and will generate power and district heating for more than 40,000 customers in the city of Pori.

'After start-up of the new plant, the carbon dioxide emissions from the Aittaluoto power plant will be reduced by 80 %', says Matti Rintanen Managing Director of Pori Energia.

'We are very proud to support Pori Energia in reaching its sustainability goals with our globally proven and advanced boiler technologies', says Kari Tuominen, President and CEO of ANDRITZ Oy.

ANDRITZ is one of the leading global suppliers of boiler technologies and systems for generating steam and electricity from renewable and fossil fuels, with a large number of very successful references worldwide.

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ANDRITZ GROUP
ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking and steel industries, and for solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors as well as for animal feed and biomass pelleting. Other important business segments include automation and service business. In addition, the international Group is also active in the power generating sector (steam boiler plants, biomass boilers, recovery boilers, and gasification plants) and in environmental technology (flue gas cleaning plants) and offers equipment for the production of nonwovens, dissolving pulp, and panelboard as well as recycling plants. The publicly listed technology Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of approximately 25,700 employees. ANDRITZ operates more than 250 sites in over 40 countries.