Metso to Deliver Biomass Boiler to U.S.

Metso, a global equipment manufacturer, has announced that it will supply a biomass boiler to the Nacogdoches Generating Facility in Sacul, Texas. According to a company press release, the installation features a boiler and a distributed control system and the commercial operation of the plant is scheduled for 2012.

The biomass boiler plant will utilize bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) technology and will use waste wood from logging and mill activity as well as urban wood waste from clearing, tree trimming and pallets as fuel sources, the press release says. The plant will produce approximately 100 megawatts of renewable electric power. Once operational, Metso says the boiler will be one of the largest and most efficient biomass boilers in the world.