City in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

SM Pilyasov

«People who go to the North, to the Arctic with a glint in their eyes, with the energy of youth, with optimism, with a culture of optimism, they are certainly more successful than their peers who stay. Because career opportunities in the North, in the Arctic, are many times greater. This was the case in Soviet times, and it remains the case today».

 

Alexander Pelyasov,

Director General, Regional Consulting Institute, Doctor of Geography, Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University

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Vantaan Energia officially opened a new waste-to-energy incinerator on Wednesday. The new plant is Finland’s biggest of its kind, and will produce half of the district heating demand and 30 percent of the electricity needed in the municipality of Vantaa, part of the greater Helsinki area. 

The facility has been thoroughly tested, with the first waste entering the system this spring. It’s the biggest investment the local electricity company has ever made, replacing one unit at the company’s existing incinerator in Malminlaakso.

 Around 320,000 metric tons of rubbish will arrive at the plant every year, before it is sorted and incinerated to produce some 920 gigawatt-hours of heat and 600 gigawatt-hoursof electricity. 

That will reduce Vantaan Energia’s carbon output by 30 percent. The plant’s emissions will be monitored continually, and the unit will be shut down if it exceeds a certain limit. 

Handling waste in this way is becoming more common in Finland, but the country still lags behind neighboring Sweden. About 90 percent of Swedish waste is recycled or used to produce energy, while in Finland the corresponding figure is just 40 percent.

The new plant will burn rubbish collected across the Uusimaa region of southern Finland.

 

В среду компfния «VantaanEnergia» официально открыла новый мусоросжигательный завод, производящий тепло и электроэнергию в результате сжигания проблемного смешанного мусора. Новый завод является в Финляндии самым крупным из всех, и обеспечит потребности половины населения Вантаа, который является частью Большой Хельсинки, в центральном теплоснабжении и третьей части электричества.

Пробные работы по уничтожению в котельной первых отходов начались этой весной. 

 Это первые крупные инвестиции, которые местная энергетическая компания когда-либо делала для замены одной установки в заводе компании в Malminlaakso.Мощность завода позволит переработать смешанный мусор приблизительно до 320.000 тонн в год. Он будет отсортирован и сожжен, чтобы произвести приблизительно 920 ГВт централизированного тепла и 600 ГВт электроэнергии. Теперь использование компанией «VantaanEnergia» ископаемого топлива для производства энергии будет сокращено примерно на 30%.

За выделениями завода будут все время наблюдать, в случае если выброс ядовитых газов превысит опрделенный порог, то завод будет подлежать немедленному закрытию. 

Сжигание отходов таким образом становится все более распространенным способом получения электроэнергии и тепла в Финляндии, но страна все еще отстает от соседней Швеции. Швеция перерабатывает или использует приблизительно 90% отходов, чтобы получить энергию, в то время как в Финляндии соответствующий показатель составляет всего 40%.

Новый завод сожжет мусор, собранный через Уусимаа (область в Южной Финляндии).

Source: Alaska Dispatch

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