Pöyry has been awarded implementation engineering services contracts by Stora Enso Oyj for combined heat and power plant projects in Belgium and Germany.

The value of the contracts is over €3 million. Stora Enso is improving energy efficiency through investments totalling EUR 260 million at the Langerbrugge mill in Belgium and the Maxau mill in Germany. At both mills a new multifuel circulating fluidised bed boiler, a steam turbine, new fuel handling systems and auxiliary systems will be installed.

The aim of the investments is to enable combined heat and power generation with a competitive fuel mix. Once completed, these installations will increase the self-sufficiency in electricity of the two mills. Both projects are scheduled to be completed in 2010. Pöyry’s contracts cover implementation engineering services for the new power plants. The assignments support Pöyry’s position as a preferred provider of comprehensive engineering and project services to both forest and energy industries.