Finnish energy technology provider Valmet has signed a contract to deliver a second-generation bioethanol (B2G) plant for Polish biofuel company ORLEN Poludnie S.A. in Jedlicze, Poland.
ORLEN Południe will produce bioethanol from non-food agricultural feedstocks (mainly cereal straw) sourced mainly from Polish farmers.
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The contract will see Valmet deliver a pretreatment BioTrac system with a capacity to process approximately 400 tons of dry straw per day and a BioPower 48MWth lignin fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Both installations will be controlled by a Valmet DNA automation system with embedded information management and cyber security solutions.
The 48MWth plant is scheduled to begin operations in 2024.
Bertel Karlstedt, business line president, pulp and energy, Valmet, said: “…The second-generation bioethanol is a very good example of Valmet utilising the decades of experience in biomass processing for developing solutions that can be used for other applications outside its traditional pulp, paper and energy field.
“We see great potential in this field and are very happy to have been selected by ORLEN Południe S.A. as a key technology partner in this very important project.”
Valmet’s BioPower plant is based on bubbling fluidized bed combustion technology and flue gas cleaning combined with factory manufactured modules, a combination that enables faster project implementation and lower implementation risks, according to Valmet.
