New 80 MW CHP Waste to Energy Plant for Stockholm

Finnish sustainable energy company, Fortum, has inaugurated its new 80 MW combined heat and power (CHP) waste to energy plant in Stockholm, Sweden. The company explained that the new power plant, Brista 2, produces 60 MW district heat for local residents and 20 MW of electricity for the Nordic power market from sorted municipal and industrial waste. The Brista 1 plant produces district heat and electricity from biomass. Fortum added that the new waste to energy facility will process some 240,000 tonnes of waste per year, which is equivalent to the amount of municipal waste generated in the Stockholm area. According to the company the annual heat production, around 500 HWh corresponds to the annual heating needs of about 50,000 mid-sized homes. The estimated annual electricity production of Brista 2 is 140 GWh. The facility is co-owned by Fortum the plant (85%) together with the municipal energy company Sollentuna Energi (15%). Using sorted waste in energy production offers a sustainable and cost-efficient alternative for energy and waste management needs. “Brista 2 is already the fourth CHP plant we have commissioned this year in the Nordic and Baltic countries, explained Per Langer, Executive Vice President of Fortum's Heat Division. “Combined heat and power production is at the core of our strategy, and whenever possible we utilise renewable and local fuels,” he added. Read More Dutch Landfill to Install Gradual Oxidizer Tech to Power 250 kW Gas Turbine Ener-Core has shipped an FP250 powerstation, which combines Gradual Oxidizer with a 250 kW gas turbine to run on ultra-low quality gas, to a Dutch landfill site. VIDEO: Go-Ahead for 10 MW Waste to Energy Gasification Plant in Dorset Planning permission has been granted for a 10 MW waste to energy facility that will utilise pyrolysis and gasification to process RDF at New Earth Solutions’ existing MBT facility in Canford, Dorset. Covanta JV Recycling Metals from Bottom Ash Landfill in Massachusetts A Covanta joint venture has begun operations to recover and recycle thousands of tonnes of metals from an ash monofil in Peabody, Massachusetts.