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Innovative district heating plant to be constructed in Tampere, Finland

05/01/2012

A new 25MW district heating plant using pellets as fuel will be constructed in the city of Tampere in central Finland.  Finland's Ministry of Employment and the Economy has granted energy support worth EUR 1.42 million to Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy for the construction of the plant. The new plant will cost EUR 8.2 million in total.

The project utilises different technologies in a new way. The pellets are pulverized with separate grinding machines which enables pressurized combustion and significantly improves the adjustability of the equipment in terms of speed and range compared to the commonly used furnace bed, fluidized bed combustion and circulating fluidized bed technology. Tampereen Energiatuontanto's objective is to create a working district heating plant concept for plants in the 20 - 40 MW range.

The new plant  will reduce the use of oil and natural gas, and cut carbon dioxide emissions by about 6700 tons annually.

Source: Ministry of Employment and the Economy