KPA UNICON TO SUPPLY A BIOMASS-FIRED BOILER PLANT TO STORA ENSO´S SAWMILL IN HONKALAHTI, FINLAND

Stora Enso Wood Products Ltd and KPA Uniconhave signed a contract of a biomass-fired hot water boiler plant delivery to Stora Enso sawmill in Honkalahti, Finland. The output of the new UniconBiograte boiler plant will be 17.7MWth. The new boiler plant will utilize bark and other wood residues from the Honkalahti sawmill as fuel, and it will produce hot water to the sawmill´s drying kilns. The new biomass boiler plant is scheduled to be in operation in August 2017. This is aturnkey delivery excluding civil and foundation works. The contract includes all process equipment, installations, commissioning and training of the operational personnel. The heart of the new biomass-fired boiler plant is Biograte combustion technology, which is especially designedforutilization of wet biomass fuels for effective energy production. The contract includes KPA Unicon`sPlantSys system for local and remote control of the plant.