B&W Vølund Turns Over Waste-to-Energy Boiler to Customer in Sweden
Vlund delivered the waste-to-energy boiler, which features a DynaGrate combustion grate system and thermal capacity of 35 megawatts, on schedule.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. ("B&W") (NYSE: BW) announced today
its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S (Vølund), has successfully
turned over a waste-fired boiler for a combined heat and power plant to
its customer, Bodens Energi AB (BEAB), a municipally owned producer of
electricity and heat in Boden, Sweden.
Vølund delivered the waste-to-energy boiler, which features a DynaGrate®
combustion grate system and thermal capacity of 35 megawatts, on
schedule. The boiler is capable of handling up to 13 tons of municipal
solid waste per hour and has been integrated into the existing Boden
plant, which was built by Vølund in 2008. The new Vølund unit replaces
an older oil-fired unit that will be placed on standby.
“Vølund is a global leader in waste and biomass-fired boiler and grate
technologies, with extensive knowledge and expertise that’s well-suited
for an important project such as this,” said B&W Chief Executive Officer
Kenneth Young. “We thank our valued customer, BEAB, for again choosing
Vølund boiler technology for its plant.”
When fully operational, the new line on the Boden plant will be able to
handle up to 135,000 tons of waste per year. The plant's annual oil
consumption will drop from 800 tons to 40 tons, and biofuels (including
peat) consumption will decrease from 15,300 tons to 1,500 tons. With the
new combined heating and power plant, electricity production will
increase from 26 gigawatt hours (GWh) to 66 GWh, and the plant's heating
production will remain at 330 GWh annually.
Vølund’s renewable energy steam generation technologies have been
installed in more than 500 units in 30 countries.
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