HELSINKI, FINLAND -- 09/16/08 --
Metso Corporation Company release on September 16, 2008 at 10.30 a.m.
Metso will supply Dalkia France SCA with a biomass-fired power boiler
to their new combined heat and power (CHP) plant located at the
Smurfit Kappa paper mill in Facture on the south-west coast of
France. Start-up of the power plant is scheduled for the fall of
2010.The value of the order is over EUR 60 million and it will be
included in Metso Paper's Q3 orders received.
Metso Power will supply for the power plant a power boiler (124 MWth)
which will utilize bubbling fluidized bed technology and will burn
biomass, like bark and forest residues to produce electricity to the
national grid and steam for the paper mill.
As a part of this delivery Metso will also supply the external fuel
handling for the boiler, flue gas cleaning system and plant's
automation and information management system.
The Facture plant investment is the largest project in France's
national green energy program.
Dalkia is Europe's leading provider of energy management services,
and its renewable energy solutions burn one million tons of biomass
per year. With nearly 55,000 employees in 38 countries, Dalkia has
generated net sales of EUR 7.9 billion in 2007.
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007
net sales of over EUR 6 billion. Its over 27,000 employees in
approximately 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper
industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and
selected other industries.
www.metso.com
Further information for the press, please contact:
Kari Remes
General Manager, Sales
Metso Power
tel. +358 40 709 2015
Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen
Vice President, Investor Relations
Metso Corporation
tel. +358 20 484 3253
Metso Corporation
Olli Vaartimo
Executive Vice President and CFO
Kati Renvall
Vice President, Corporate Communications
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