Renewa's debut on the Western European market

Renewa supplies biofuel boiler facility for heat and power generating at French Carbonex plant

The wood coal manufacturer Carbonex SARL has ordered a 15 MW biofuel boiler from Renewa for industrial heat and power generating at a plant in north-eastern France. Renewa will supply a fluidised bed boiler and associated flue gas scrubbing systems. The deal is Renewa’s first delivery to the Western European market.

Carbonex will fuel the boiler with wood chips to generate electric power for French electric network, while also using the boiler to recover surplus heat from the industrial process.

The boiler installation will be made at the Renewa workshops in Oulu and Lapua for a shipment in summer 2011 to the Carbonex plant in Champagne.

“We are seeking to integrate the power plant into our innovative manufacturing process and make use of locally available wood fuel,” explains Carbonex R&D Director Pierre Soler-My. “We chose Renewa to supply our boiler installation, because its combustion technology is suitable for various fuels and Renewa’s flexible approach allows optimal use of local expertise.”

”The Carbonex delivery represents an important debut by Renewa on the Western European market, which has considerable potential for our products,” explains Renewa Managing Director Tuomas Timonen. “Our boiler technology is ideal for local energy generating based on the region’s typically available renewable fuels, such as olive stones and vine cuttings.”

Demand for local cogenerating facilities is growing particularly rapidly in Western, Central and Eastern Europe, with many countries now publicly subsidising conversion to biofuel-fired installations. These policies are also boosted by a European Union commitment to energy generating based on renewable sources, coupled with electricity generating feed-in tariffs and investment subsidies for facility construction in various countries.

For further information please contact:
Managing director Tuomas Timonen, Renewa Oy
Tel. +358 50 386 0448, e-mail: tuomas.timonen(at)renewa.fi