Waste-to-Energy Plants in Sweden
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Dåva-1 Photograph courtesy of Umeå Energi AB |
Filbornaverket Photograph courtesy of Öresundskraft AB |
Garstad Photograph courtesy of Tekniska Verken i Linkoping AB |
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Kumla-2 Location: Sodermanlands Operator: SAKAB AB Configuration: 1 X 7.8 MW CHP Operation: 2003 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Seeghers T/G supplier: BVI Quick Facts: SAKAB is jointly owned by E.ON Sverige (91%) and SITA (9%). The first block has a rotary kiln commissioned in 1983 and was the first facility in Sweden licensed to incinerate and treat hazardous waste. The second block has a grate furnace with a steam turbine and was built to handle such materials as preservative-treated wood and other waste. The site is in Norrtorp 200km west of Stockholm. In 2000-2004, Gotaverken supplied its MercOx and ADIOX scrubbing systems for the plant. Photograph courtesy of SAKAB AB |
Sävenäs Location: Västra Götaland Operator: Renova AB Configuration: 1 X 32 MW CHP Operation: 1994 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Von Roll T/G supplier: ABB Quick Facts: This three-line WTE plant is licensed to incinerate 460,000 tpy. Each line has a furnace for incineration, a steam boiler, an ESP, a condensation flue gas cleaning system. and a fabric filter. About 220 GWh electricity and heat is produced annually. Renova is owned by eleven municipalities in western Sweden – Ale, Göteborg, Härryda, Kungsbacka, Kungälv, Lerum,Öckerö. Partille, Stenungsund and Tjörn. Photograph courtesy of Renova AB |
Sjolunda Location: Skåne Operator: Sydvastra Skanes Avfallsaktiebolag Configuration: 1 X 26 MW CHP Operation: 2003 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Martin T/G supplier: Alstom Quick Facts: Sysav is owned by 14 local authorities in the southernmost part of Sweden and treats and recycles about 400,000 tpy of waste from a population of 620,000. Combustible waste is collected and taken to this three-line WTE plant located just north of Malmö, which supplies approximately 40% of the heating requirements of Malmö and Burlöv. Photograph courtesy of ABB |
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Skövde Photograph courtesy of ETK |
Torsvik Photograph courtesy of Jönköping Energi AB |
Uppsala Block-5 Photograph courtesy of Vattenfall |
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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 03-Feb-2013