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The centerpiece is the BioGrate boiler: The round combustion chamber with an eccentrically rotating grate is geared towards highly efficient combustion © MW Power

Most powerful biomass plant opened

Article by Christoph Zeppetzauer, translated by Robert Spannlang | 12.03.2013 - 13:30

Co-firing technology achieves 140 MW output

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The centerpiece is the BioGrate boiler: The round combustion chamber with an eccentrically rotating grate is geared towards highly efficient combustion © MW Power

The world's most powerful biomass power plant with a capacity of 140 MW went online in Vaasa/FI on March 11. In the past, operating company Vaskiluodon Voima used Russian coal as a fuel for the power plant. In less than a year, Metso, Helsinki/FI, modified the plant and installed co-firing technology which operates on wood chips from the forest. According to the operators, this will cut the amount of coal needed in half.

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