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Fortum plans new power plant in Inkoo
Inkoo power plant |
Fortum plans to build a new gas turbine power plant
on the grounds of the current 1,000-megawatt coal power plant in Inkoo,
Finland, according to a press release from Fortum on Friday.
CAROLINE M.
SVENDSEN
According to these plans, the power plant will be in commercial use in
2009. The fuel of the power plant will be light fuel oil, and the power
generation output will be about 250 to 300 megawatts (MW).
The project is part of Fortum's Nordic growth strategy, and it will extend
the current capacity investment programme of EUR 2.7 billion which will
increase the capacity for power generation by 1,200 megawatts mainly by
2010.
Once the Inkoo power plant is completed, the capacity increase will rise to
approximately 1,500 megawatts.
"The new power plant is intended to serve as a reserve power plant and to
complement generation during peak consumption periods. It will also help to
increase power generation in a situation of tightening capacity possibly
caused by the delay of the new nuclear power plant project in Olkiluoto,"
Fortum's Senior Vice President Tapio Kuula said.
A public bidding process has been launched, and the environmental permit
application has been filed.
The final investment decision on the Inkoo power plant will be made at a
later date, Fortum said in the press release.
(2006-12-15 10:37:32)
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