Finland-headed forest industry and energy technology provider Valmet Oyj has confirmed that it has been selected in a public procurement process to deliver a 50 MW pellet-fired heating plant to Göteborg Energi AB to be built at Mölndal Energi’s Riskulla site in the municipality of Mölndal, Sweden.
To be commissioned in late 2026, the pellet-fired heat plant will be integrated into the existing Riskulla combined heat, power, and cooling plant complex operated by Mölndal Energi.
The new plant will meet the need for more renewable district heating in the southern part of Göteborg Energi’s district heating network and optimize district heat production in the Mölndal–Gothenburg region.
Through this investment, we will be more resource-efficient and increase the amount of renewable district heating in the region. As a whole, the district heating customers in Mölndal and Gothenburg will get more cost-effective and reliable district heating, said Per-Anders Gustafsson, CEO of Göteborg Energi.
Valmet’s turnkey delivery, the value of which has not been disclosed, to the Riskulla plant will include a boiler with a fuel receiving pocket, pellet storage as well as milling and wood dust dosing to the boiler.
Valmet will also supply a flue gas cleaning system consisting of a Valmet Bag House Filter and a Valmet Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system. Spare parts are included in the delivery the value of which has not been disclosed.
We are very pleased to continue our good cooperation with Göteborg Energi in replacing fossil fuels with renewable wood pellets in district heat production. This is the second order that they have placed on Valmet within a short period of time and an addition to our long track record of projects together, said Aleksi Salmirinne, VP Energy business unit, Pulp and Energy business line, Valmet.
