Highlights:
- Finish utility company, Vantaan Energia has started construction on a 320,000 ton waste-to-energy facility
- Engineering company, Poyr, claims that with a planned operational efficiency of 95%, the facility will be the most efficient in the world
- Plant will produce 78 MW of electricity and 120 MW of heating
From the article:
Consulting and engineering company Poyr has begun construction of a 320,000 tonne per year waste to energy facility in Eastern Vantaa, Finland.
According to government agency, Invest Finland, the facility is being constructed on behalf of utility company Vantaan Energia and is expected to be operational by 2014
Invest Finland said that the plant will be maximise energy production by combining a combined cycle gas turbine process with the waste incineration process.
The agency added that the plant's heat production will correspond to about half of Vantaa region's annual heat requirement.
It was also claimed that once operational the plant will help Vantaan Energia use about 30% less coal for its electricity and heat production - reducing the company's carbon dioxide emissions by some 20% from the current level.
