Valmet to deliver a biopower plant in Austria

Valmet will deliver a BioPower 5 power plant to produce electricity and heat for the city of Salzburg, Austria. The order was placed by Salzburg AG, an energy and technology company. The plant will be commissioned and started up in August 2023.

Valmet will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of the power plant. It will have an electrical output of about 4 MW and a heat output of 17 MW.

Valmet’s scope of supply includes fuel handling, a boiler, a turbine, a flue gas cleaning system and the Valmet DNA automation system. The modularized BioPower power plant is based on combustion technology combined with factory manufactured modules.