Metso delivers biomass power plant to Belgium
mvpower.fi The modular biomass power plant feeds 8.4 megawatts of electricity into the distribution grid and is able to deliver up to 14 megawatts of heat.The power plant will be delivered by the Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture MW Power. Metso is a 60 per cent shareholder in the venture. The plant automation system will be delivered by Metso’s Automation business line. The total value of Metso´s share of the investment is approximately 30 million Euros. The start-up of the plant is scheduled for the second quarter of 2011.
The new modular biomass power plant will utilize bubbling fluidized bed technology and will use non-contaminated biomass as the main fuel. With the new cogeneration plant, 4HamCogen will feed 8.4 megawatts of electricity into the distribution grid and will be able to deliver up to 14 megawatts of heat.
4Energy Invest, the parent company of 4HamCogen, is a Belgian based renewable energy company that aims at creating and managing a portfolio of small to middle-sized biomass-to-energy projects.
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