ÅF Wins Engineering Contract for New Waste-to-Energy Plant in Lithuania

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ÅF AB, Stockholm, Sweden, reports that it has won a major consulting contract with energy company Fortum, Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland, for complete engineering and project management at Fortum's new waste-to-energy plant to be built in Klaipeda, Lithuania. The contract value is several million Euros, according to ÅF.

The plant will be the first waste-to-energy operation in Lithuania, and will use municipal and industrial wastes and biofuels as fuel. It will generate 20 MW of electricity and 59 MW of district heat for the Klaipeda municipality. The plant will be capable of converting 272,000 metric tpy of municipal waste to energy after startup, which is currently set for January 2013.