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17 April 2007 - Fortum is planning to build a biofuel-based combined heat and power plant (CHP) in the Ristinummi district of Järvenpää.
The value of the investment is about €60m ($81.3m). The power plant is scheduled to be operational by 2010.
The power plant will replace a number of heat boilers based on heavy fuel oil and natural gas, some of which will be decomissioned and a few left to serve as peak and reserve capacity. The intention is to build a connecting pipe between the district heating networks in Järvenpää town centre and Hyrylä as part of the project.
The power plant will use biofuels (80 per cent) and peat (20 per cent) as fuels. Thanks to the high proportion of biofuels, the carbon dioxide emissions from district heating production in Järvenpää and Tuusula will decrease by 50 per cent. In addition, the amount of environmentally benign electricity production will increase.
The district heating capacity of the plant will be approximately 50 MW and electricity production capacity 25 MW. Furthermore, a new natural gas based reserve heat boiler 45 MW will be build adjacent to the power plant.
Fortum has filed an application for a town plan amendment to allow the construction of the power plant and started the preparations to apply for an environmental permit.
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