Biomass to Energy

For over thirty years, Valmet has been supplying the energy industry around the world with solutions for high-efficiency power production based on various kinds of biofuels. Today, many of the world’s largest biomass power plants run with Valmet’s technology. Our technological expertise covers fuel processing at a boiler plant from fuel receiving, handling and drying, to feeding fuel to the boiler.

Leading fluidized bed technology

Valmet has a wide range of solutions for converting biomass to energy. Biomass, alone or together with other fuels, can be combusted in our fluidized bed boilers. One of our newest solutions is biomass gasification, which enables fossil fuel replacement with biomass on a large scale, increasing fuel flexibility and reducing CO₂ emissions economically. Valmet Pyrolyzer turns solid biomass into high-value liquid fuels and chemicals. We offer the entire plant solution including automation, service and maintenance.

For sustainable power generation and combined heat and power (CHP) generation, we provide modular power plants that enable flexible utilization of local renewables.

Automation solutions

Valmet is specialized in the automation of fluidized bed boilers in greenfield and retrofit projects.

In addition to combustion control and optimization solutions, the Valmet DNA Automation System includes versatile performance monitoring applications for the fluidized bed boiler, a fuel management system for solid fuel received, condition monitoring and other DCS features designed for power plant automation.

Our solutions for biomass to energy

Wood handling for biomass-to-energy

Valmet's wood handling concept incorporates all process stages, from infeed to storage, and process solutions for any climate and wood species.

Valmet BFB Boiler

Our solution utilizing bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) combustion technology has wide fuel flexibility, high combustion efficiency, high reliability, excellent controllability and low emissions.

Valmet CFB Boiler

Valmet CFB Boiler is an advanced circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler developed by Valmet. It combines high-efficiency combustion of various solid fuels with low emissions, even when burning fuels with completely different calorific values at the same time.

Valmet Gasifier

As a global leader in CFB gasification technologies and services, Valmet offers gasification solutions to meet the needs of various power and process industry sectors. Each of these solutions generates energy from biomass and waste with high overall efficiency.

Power plants

Valmet develops and supplies power plants that produce power and heat in an efficient, yet sustainable way.

Heating plants

Our heating plants are suitable for producing heat or steam from biomass.

Air emission control

Optimal air emission control solutions provides the highest environmental performance and ability to meet set emission limits. Additionally, it significantly improves energy and process efficiency.

Multifuel and biomass

Valmet DNA Automation System covers all controls and monitoring for the processes in fluidized bed boiler power plants.

Our expertise is at your service

Our focus is to bring your performance forward. Our expertise in sustainable energy production is at your disposal. Get in touch with our specialists through your local Valmet office, or the link below.