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Metso’s automation adds twenty years to Lielahti power plant in Tampere, Finland

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Metso has signed an agreement with Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy for the renewal of the automation, field devices and electrification at the Lielahti power plant in Tampere, Finland. The original installations dating back to 1988 when the plant went on stream will be replaced by modern technology to extend the plant’s operational life by about twenty years. The project will be completed in the autumn of 2011.
“In the future, one operator will be able to control and monitor the operation of the Lielahti power plant as well as the production and distribution of district heat in Tampere, which is a city of over 200,000 inhabitants. Also, it will be easier to find the causes of disturbances,” says Sales Director Heikki Mylläri of Metso.

The natural-gas-fueled Lielahti co-generation plant produces electricity with a capacity of 147 MW and district heat with a capacity of 160 MW.

Metso’s delivery scope includes removing the old automation system and installing a new-generation automation system with integrated steam turbine controls. Metso will also provide the power plant with round-the-clock upkeep services.

Close cooperation between the two parties has lasted for nearly forty years and has spanned several automation systems, automation rebuilds and related services for the customer’s various power plants in Tampere.

The order is valued at about four million euros and is included as Q2 orders received in Energy and Environmental Technology.

Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy is in charge of the production, upkeep and development of electricity and heat as part of its parent company Tampereen Sähkölaitos Oy. At the end of 2009, the company employed 156 people.

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 27,000 employees in more than 50 countries. www.metso.com

For more information, please contact:
Heikki Mylläri, Sales Director, Automation business line, Metso, tel. +358 20 483 8191, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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