Alholmens Kraft Power Station

Alholmens Kraft Power Station
Alholmens Kraft Power Station
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CountryFinland
LocationAlholmen, Jakobstad
Coordinates63°42′07″N 22°42′35″E / 63.70194°N 22.70972°E / 63.70194; 22.70972
StatusOperational
Commission date2001
OperatorAlholmens Kraft
Thermal power station
Primary fuelBiomass
Secondary fuelPeat
Tertiary fuelCoal
Cogeneration?Yes
Thermal capacity550 MW
Power generation
Make and modelKværner
Nameplate capacity265 MW
External links
Websitewww.alholmenskraft.com
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The Alholmens Kraft Power Station (also known as Jakobstad Power Station or Pietarsaari Power Station) is a biomass power station in Alholmen, Jakobstad in Ostrobothnia region, Finland. It is the largest biomass cogeneration power station in the world.[1][2][3][4]

The power station was commissioned in 2001. It was built next to the existing, now decommissioned power station. The power station is located slightly north of UPM-Kymmene Wisaforest pulp and paper mill in Alholmen.[5] The decommissioned power station had two black liquor recovery boilers, one oil fired package boiler, one bark boiler as well as several steam turbines with the electrical output of 75 MW.[5]

The new power station was designed by Metso and its boiler was manufactured by Kværner. It employs 400 people.[6] The power station has an installed capacity of 265 MW of electrical power.[2][6] In addition, it provides 60 MW district heating for the city of Jakobstad and 100 MW process steam and heat for the UPM-Kymmene paper mill.[6][7]

The new power station uses wood-based biofuels (forest residues) as the main fuel. Peat is also used while coal is a reserve fuel.[6] It burns about 300,000 bales of forest residues per year.[2] The power station is equipped with the circulating fluidized bed boiler with capacity of 500 MWth, which is the largest biomass-fired CFB boiler in the world.[2][5][8] The operating temperature of the boiler is 545 °C (1,013 °F) and the operational pressure is 165 bars (16,500 kPa).[8]

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References

  1. ^ "Biomass power stations in Finland". industcards.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved 2010-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d The world's largest biofuel CHP plant. Alholmens Kraft, Pietarsaari (PDF) (Report). OPET. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  3. ^ European Renewable Energy Council (2004). Renewable energy in Europe: building markets and capacity. Earthscan. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-84407-124-1.
  4. ^ IEA (2006). Renewable energy: RD&D priorities, insights from IEA Technology Programmes. OECD. p. 48. ISBN 978-92-64-10955-1.
  5. ^ a b c "Oy Alholmens Kraft Ab Pietarsaari, Finland". Metso. Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  6. ^ a b c d "About Alholmens Kraft". Alholmens Kraft. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  7. ^ "Alholmens Kraft Biofuel-fired Power Plant, Pietarsaari, Finland". Pöyry. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  8. ^ a b Sabonnadière, Jean-Claude (2009). Renewable energy technologies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 469. ISBN 978-1-84821-135-3.