Ordered in 2008. this new full-scope solution was delivered to the Dalkia biomass power plant in Facture, southwest France. Using mainly bark and forest residues as fuel, the combined heat and power plant produces 50 megawatts of electricity for the national grid and 74 megawatts of process steam for Smurfit Kappa's paper mill.Jouni Kinni, Sales Manager, Metso Power business line: "The French delivery included the boiler, flue-gas cleaning and fuel handling systems, as well as complete automation of the power plant."Metso's long cooperation with Dalkia received another boost last year, when the company announced the conversion of the pulverized coal boiler of its plant in Lódz in Poland into a biomass-fired boiler. The new biomass boiler is expected to be ready for commercial operation in December this year.