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Insights 05.12.2024 Article

We are here for you – Valmet Spare Parts

Having Valmet’s spare parts delivered to your mill is about a lot more than a box of goodies that keep your equipment running. The package also includes decades of experience and built-in expertise, wrapped in reliability and convenience.

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Insights 30.10.2024 Article

Enabling the energy transition with flow control solutions

As the power generation industry embraces the energy transition, Valmet is leveraging its extensive expertise with industrial gases to provide innovative flow control solutions. With a deep understanding of emerging technologies like green hydrogen production and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), Valmet’s Flow Control business line is well-positioned to support the shift towards sustainable power generation practices.

Flow control Sustainability / CO2 reduction Digitalization Energy efficiency Automation Power-to-X Energy Process performance Quality

Insights 16.09.2024 Article

New innovations and testing for more secure investments at Valmet’s energy pilot facility - the one and only of its size

As one of the few actors in the energy industry, Valmet can offer a complete fluidized bed boiler pilot facility with flue gas scrubber for its customers’ pilot trials. Pilot testing supports customers’ own innovation and development work and helps them to secure investments.

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Insights 13.08.2024 Article

Energie AG Umwelt Service in Austria optimizes its district heating network with Valmet DNA Advanced Process Control

The successful project makes the city of Wels more sustainable and efficient while securing its heat and energy supply.

Process optimization District heating optimization Boiler optimization Steam turbine automation Automation for energy Waste-to-energy Automation Energy

Insights 26.06.2024 Article

New BFB Boiler delivers significant savings

Having commissioned Boiler 5, a Valmet BFB Boiler that runs on sludge and paper rejects, WEIG saves fuel and waste disposal costs, as well as generating more energy. A long-term service agreement with Valmet also ensures optimal operation.

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Insights 26.06.2024 Article

Through hard times to success

Vilnius CHP (Combined Heat and Power) chose Valmet to complete the construction of the biomass unit. Valmet’s offer suited the plant’s needs best when considering the challenging task of restarting the stalled construction and ensuring smooth plant commissioning.

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Insights 24.04.2024 Article

Leading the way toward carbon neutrality

Since the start-up of the Naistenlahti 3 plant, Tampereen Energia has more than halved CO2 emissions from its total energy production. The new plant is also unique since it pilots partial bed combustion, which is now available for the CFB boilers to boost flexibility in their production structure.

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Insights 03.04.2024 Article

Valmet DNAe User Interface boosts centralized plant control and monitoring

Nevel provides energy utilities as a service to its industrial and real estate customers. Digitalization, Valmet DNA Automation System and Valmet DNAe User Interface play an important role in doing it successfully.

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Insights 12.02.2024 Article

How Valmet’s Tube Thickness Prediction Application improves boiler performance and maintenance

The development of a tube thickness measurement program began as a thought to create more structure and finished as an interactive application in Valmet Customer Portal, with many benefits for both the customer and Valmet. Prolonged lifespan of boiler tubes, control over maintenance costs and prevention of unplanned shutdowns are only some of the gains.

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Insights 14.12.2023 Article

Important milestones reached in the Tahara project

Valmet’s delivery of a Valmet CFB Boiler and a flue gas cleaning to the city of Tahara in Japan is progressing well. This is our sixth boiler delivery to Japan with our local partner, JFE Engineering Co, an experienced Japanese engineering, procurement, and construction company with over 100 power plant references.

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Insights 13.12.2023 Article

Sky-high efficiency at Helen with Valmet’s heat recovery and pump technology

At Helen’s Vuosaari bioenergy heating plant, Valmet’s solution combines flue gas condensation and combustion air humidification with heat pump technology, driving the overall plant efficiency beyond 120 percent and the stack temperature to 11°C.

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Insights 08.12.2023 Customer story

New era of efficiency and environmental performance

ARAUCO’s historic MAPA project faced several challenges but was ultimately a success. The energy efficient technologies, a high-power recovery boiler and a biomass boiler enable ARAUCO’s carbon neutrality and the delivery of renewable energy to the national electrical grid.

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