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    Doosan Škoda providing Steam Turbine & Gen-set for 270-MW CHP at Finnish Wood Byproducts Mill

    Aug. 8, 2022
    Doosan Škoda Power’s turbine will provide services to the mill, including some 2 terawatt hours of net electricity generation annually
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    A combined heat and power plant running a fossil-free, bio-product wood processing mill in Finland will be powered by a 270-MW Doosan Škoda Power steam turbine.

    The Metsä Group’s fossil-free bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland, will generate 1.5 millon metric tons of softwood and hardwood pulp per year, as well as additional product. The mill plant is under construction and due to be completed in the third quarter next year.

    Doosan Škoda Power’s turbine will provide services to the Kemi mill, including some 2 terawatt hours of net electricity generation annually.

    “The engineering, procurement and manufacturing phase of the project has been a challenge due to the COVID-19 restrictions, which caused significant delays together with increase in the raw material costs,” ,“ said Jindřich Závodný, Project Manager at Doosan Škoda Power. “Despite all these challenges and thanks to the extraordinary effort, our team managed to deliver in full as per the client requirements. Heavy lifts have currently been carried out on the construction site, mechanical assembly continues, and commissioning will follow. We are staying focused to keeping up the good work.”

    Doosan Skoda Power will also deliver a generator, condenser, and rest of the accessories of steam turbine. The turbine itself has a tailor-made condensing turbine section solution and is equipped with two steam bleed connections of different pressure levels. Condenser is hanging on low-pressure part without any support from below. Both high- and low-pressure parts of steam turbine can be operated independently.

    The plant owners are spending close to 1.85 billion Euros ($1.9B U.S.) on the project. It is being considered as the largest investment ever by the Finnish forestry industry, according to the release.

    The Metsä Group’s key output includes wood products, pulp, fresh fibre paperboards, as well as tissue and greaseproof papers in multiple countries. Its annual sales total more than 6 billion Euros ($6.2B U.S.)

    Main partners in the construction phase include Valmet, ABB, AFRY and Fimpec. Earlier this summer, a worker was killed during an accident near the site of the recovery boiler, according to the parent company.

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    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

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