On dioxin removal and energy recovery.

Commanding emissions

control and energy

recovery

• Energy-efficient solutions for minimised

in Finland. “This is our first order from the

environmental impact from industrial or

Pulp and Paper industry. This is a very presti-

energy-producing plants are the business

gious order for us as Stora Enso has a global

concept for Göteborg-based Götaverken

precence and is very much involved in energy

Miljö.

production from biomass fuels.”

Gustafsson then talks about their ADIOX

“Our operations are characterised by environ-

technology for handling the total dioxin removal

mental responsibility and compliance with the

at the two waste incineration lines of the

requirements of industrial customers in areas

Måbjergvaeket plant in Denmark. “This plant

such as the cleaning of environmentally-hazar-

is the very first of its kind where the wet cleaning

dous emissions and the recovery of energy,” says

is preceeded by only an electrostatic precipi-

Lennart Gustafsson, the company’s CEO.

tator, and the total dioxin removal takes place

He pinpoints their dedicated efforts during

using our ADIOX technology.”

recent years to develop their core operations -

“Another example is SYSAV in Malmö

gas cleaning and servicing of large heat pumps

which chose us to provide the two oldest inci-

- that have brought about increased confidence

neration lines of their plant with a common

on the market both at home and globally. These

scrubber system. In order to comply with new

operations are focused around the specialities dry

EU directives, the primary aim of the instal-

and wet flue gas cleaning systems for the removal

lation is to reduce emissions to the atmosphere

of the very toxic chemicals, dioxin and mercury.

and also to recover energy,” says Gustafsson.

New and interesting solutions

New partners sought

“We now have access to world-leading tech-

Gustafsson underlines their company’s aware-

nologies in flue gas cleaning, among them the

ness of the latest EU directives for emission

new dioxin removal method ADIOX and the

standards and waste incineration that will come

MercOx process for cleaning gases from mer-

into force in January 2006. “We are fully pre-

cury,” says Gustafsson. “These technologies

pared, and our technologies are geared to fulfil

complement our reliable scrubber systems for

all demands and directives when upgrading

cleaning gases from heavy metals, sulphur and

installations within the EU and globally.”

hydrochloric acid to emission levels well below

Gustafsson also indicates their desire to find

the current requirements stipulated by public

new partners to help them penetrate markets

authorities.”

abroad where demand for their technologies is

Gustafsson explains that they successfully

expected to increase dramatically. “We even

carried out a full scale pilot installation using

predict adapting our ADIOX and MercOx tech-

their ADIOX technology in Thisted Denmark

nologies for use in other areas such as the metal

in 2001 followed by their first commercial

industry, the incineration of sludge, and even

installations in 2002. “As a result, we are incre-

soil remediation.”

asing our focus on developing our own unique

jeh

ADIOX and MercOx concepts, enabling us to

offer new and interesting solutions to new bran-

World-leading technologies

ches in the global market. So far we have deli-

vered these technologies to about 35 incinera-

tion lines located mostly in Europe, and now

even one in Canada.”

Best technology

Götaverken Miljö AB, with 25 employees, is

located in Göteborg, and has its origins in the

Götaverken, a large industrial group consis-

ting of shipyards and boiler manufacturers.

Gustafsson states that Götaverken Miljö AB

was founded as a separate company from the

Götaverken Group in 1988. This was so that

the newly-formed company could concentrate

on flue gas cleaning and heat pump develop-

ment as well as becoming 100 per cent envi-

ronmentally orientated for energy recovery.

Since 1998, Götaverken Miljö AB has been

fully-owned by Sjätte AP-fonden, the Sixth

Pension Fund of Sweden. This is a develop-

ment fund dedicated to developing small to

medium-sized companies. Presently, 70 per

cent of the market is outside Sweden. The com-

pany’s turnover for 2004 was SEK 102 million.

Recently, Götaverken Miljö AB with their

ADIOX technology was also listed in a draft

EU BREF document among companies with

best technologies to be used in waste incine-

ration plants.

Examples of completed installations

Asked to give examples of the sort of companies

Götaverken Miljö AB has delivered its tech-

nologies to, Gustafsson mentions Stora Enso