Alholmens Kraft Power Station
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The Alholmens Kraft Power Station (also known as Jakobstad Power Station) is the largest biomass
power station in the world, at an installed capacity of 265 MW. The facility employs 400 people and is located at the factory premises of United Paper Mills
in Alholmen, Jakobstad
in Finland
. The plant uses wood-based biofuels as the main fuel. Peat is also used while coal is a reserve fuel. Alholmens Kraft also provides 60 MW district heating
for the city of Jakobstad and 100 MW process steam and heat for the UPM paper mill.
Biomass
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....
power station in the world, at an installed capacity of 265 MW. The facility employs 400 people and is located at the factory premises of United Paper Mills
UPM (company)
UPM-Kymmene Corporation is a Finnish pulp, paper and timber manufacturer. UPM-Kymmene was formed by the merger of Kymmene Corporation and Repola Ltd and its subsidiary United Paper Mills Ltd in 1996...
in Alholmen, Jakobstad
Jakobstad
Jakobstad is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of and covers a land area of . The population density is .- History :...
in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. The plant uses wood-based biofuels as the main fuel. Peat is also used while coal is a reserve fuel. Alholmens Kraft also provides 60 MW district heating
District heating
District heating is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating...
for the city of Jakobstad and 100 MW process steam and heat for the UPM paper mill.