Valmet to supply a multifuel power boiler and flue gas cleaning system

Valmet will supply a multifuel power boiler and flue gas cleaning system to the Japanese company JFE Engineering (JFEE). This is Valmet‘s first multifuel boiler delivery to the Japanese market.

The order is included in Valmet’s fourth quarter orders received in 2016. The value of the order is about EUR 40 million. Installation work is scheduled to start in 2017, and the plant will start up during the first half of 2019.

In 2015, Valmet and JFE Engineering signed a long term cooperation agreement to enable joint growth in Japanese energy market. The agreement combines Valmet’s high efficiency technology solutions with JFEE’s strong market presence and capability to supply EPC power plants.

This is JFEE’s first EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) project based on the cooperation agreement. The boiler will be installed for MPM Oji Eco Energy Corporation (MOE) at the Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited plant in Hachinohe city, Aomori prefecture in Japan. The new boiler plant will enable MOE to achieve a stable power supply at extremely high thermal efficiency while significantly reducing CO2 emissions. All the electricity generated will be supplied to the grid companies based on Feed-In-Tariff scheme in Japan.

Information about the delivery

Valmet’s delivery includes a biomass-fired 75 MWe CYMIC boiler and flue gas cleaning system. The annual output of the Hachinohe power plant will be approximately 5.3 million kWh and the main fuels to be used include wood chips, palm kernel shell and coal.

“The circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers help power generators to achieve a very high thermal efficiency whilst supporting renewable power generation. This contract marks a co-operation agreement according to which JFE Engineering supplies Valmet boilers to the Japanese market,” says Keiichi Nagaya, Head of Marketing and Sales, Biomass Energy Development Division at JFE Engineering.

“We are pleased to have JFE Engineering as our partner to enter to Japanese energy market. This first joint delivery is expected to pave the way for future projects of environmentally benign energy production,” says Kai Janhunen, Vice President, Heat and Power Generation at Valmet.