Dong Energy expects to start commissioning in the autumn two wood chip boilers at the Skærbæk power station in Denmark.
The company said more than 300 construction workers, fitters and technicians are currently converting the power station.
The conversion is expected to be completed in April 2017.
Excavation and concrete work is also being carried out for the conveyor system and the wood chip storage facility, Dong said.
The storage facility will be able to accommodate up to 80,000 cubic metres of wood chips.
The first shipload of wood chips will also arrive at Skærbæk newly renovated quay in the autumn.
The belts will transport the wood chips from the quay to the storage facility and two screw conveyors located at the bottom of the storage facility will then transport the chips to the boilers.
The project is also soon to expect two new wood chip cranes, whilethe wood chip boilers will be connected to the existing unit 3 during a planned summer inspection.
Dong Energy Skærbæk power station conversion project manager Leif Høgh Sørensen said: “We’re installing the parts for the two new wood chip boilers in the building’s heavy steel structure.
“The individual sections are lifted and welded together above the boiler grate, which is located at the bottom of the boiler.
“The boilers will be suspended in steel straps to allow the boiler steel to expand when heated.”
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