Solutions for bioenergy plants
Streamline the entire biomass energy process, get more energy from every ton of biomass, and improve your biomass energy plant’s efficiency with Saalasti technology.
Optimize your biomass energy process with Saalasti technology
What if you could produce more energy with the same amount of biomass, and simplify the entire biomass energy process? In bioenergy production, fuel moisture, and raw material quality have a direct impact on steam output, efficiency, and emissions.
Saalasti provides advanced solutions for biomass processing and mechanical dewatering. These technologies help biomass energy plants reduce fuel moisture, improve combustion, streamline the entire supply chain, and increase steam production without additional heat.
Saalasti technology helps you get more energy from biomass while improving combustion efficiency and streamlining the fuel supply chain.
Increase energy output from biomass by lowering the moisture content
Excess moisture in biomass reduces combustion efficiency and limits steam output. Wet fuel results in lower boiler performance, higher flue gas losses, and a greater need for auxiliary fuels.
Saalasti’s mechanical dewatering technology removes water from biomass before combustion, increasing the fuel’s energy value and enabling higher output from the same amount of biomass.
With drier fuel, plants achieve better combustion, lower fuel gas losses, and reduced need for auxiliary fuels. Additionally, the fuel preparation process is faster and more controlled, enabling biomass to be utilised sooner and enhancing the overall efficiency of fuel logistics.
Higher steam output from the same fuel
Improved combustion temperature and boiler performance
Less dependence on fossil fuels or support burners
Lower emissions and better heat rate
Whether working with forest residues, bark, or wet biomass, Saalasti technology gives you more energy from every ton.
Improve your biomass energy plant’s capacity
Variable moisture levels and inconsistent fuel properties make bioenergy for power generation more expensive and less predictable. Saalasti technology helps standardize fuel quality by reducing moisture and preparing biomass into a stable, optimized form.
As a result, combustion becomes more efficient, with lower ash volumes and more complete fuel utilization—reducing ash handling costs and minimizing wear in the boiler and fuel feeding systems. This leads to more stable operation, longer equipment lifetime, and higher overall energy output from the same amount of biomass.
Standardized fuel quality by reducing moisture
Improved combustion efficiency and fuel utilization
More consistent and predictable plant operation
Increased energy output and extends equipment lifetime
Saalasti technology lowers fuel moisture, allowing the boiler to produce more energy from the same amount of biomass.
Streamline your biomass fuel supply chain
Coordinating contractors, chipping operations, and on-site logistics requires significant time and resources. It also increases uncertainty across the entire fuel supply chain. With Saalasti technology, fuel preparation is brought in-house and integrated into the biomass energy plant’s process.
In-house fuel processing streamlines the entire supply chain, eliminating the need to manage external chipping operations or supervise on-site logistics.
Once biomass is delivered to the plant, Saalasti machines take care of the rest—helping you reduce costs, free up resources, and gain full control over fuel quality and availability.
In-house fuel preparation reduces the need for external contractors
Simplifies biomass logistics and plant-side coordination
Improves control over fuel quality and availability
Lowers overall supply chain costs and frees up internal resources
Saalasti solutions optimize the full biomass supply chain from transport to combustion.
Saalasti machinery for biomass energy plants
Bark Press – Saalasti Press SP 1620
A high-capacity, robust mechanical dewatering press that reduces fuel moisture and increases combustion efficiency.
Industrial Wood Chipper – Saalasti Chipper H
Heavy-duty horizontal chipper for reliable fuel production from logs, stumps, and oversized material. Reduces the need for preprocessing.
Biomass Crusher Horizontal – Saalasti Crush H
Horizontal feed crusher for breaking down bark, stumps, and logging residues into boiler-ready fuel.
Biomass Crusher Vertical – Saalasti Crush V
Vertical feed crusher for breaking down bark, stumps, and logging residues into boiler-ready fuel.
Industrial Wood Cutter – Saalasti Cutter V
A vertical feed high-power crusher for heavy-duty processing. It has a high capacity and offers extensive possibilities to optimize the particle size, capacity, and knives according to the processed material.
Saalasti High-Pressure Press HIPPO
New-generation mechanical dewatering press Hippo mechanically removes water from biomass before drying. This significantly reduces energy consumption, increases dryer capacity, and improves process stability.
Saalasti delivers proven technology for biomass processing and biomass energy production. Our equipment is designed for continuous operation, heavy-duty use, and maximum process control.
Globally trusted in bioenergy
Saalasti is a global pioneer in biomass processing. With over 70 years of experience, our technology is built for 24/7 operation in demanding energy production environments.
We help biomass energy plants maximize output, reduce emissions, and future-proof their operations with robust, long-lasting solutions.
- Proven technology used in bioenergy plants around the world
- Finnish engineering for industrial reliability
- Designed for challenging biomass and heavy-duty use
- Full lifecycle support from commissioning to modernization
Customer success story: How to turn biomass into value
Saalasti’s advanced biomass processing solutions have enabled power plants worldwide to enhance efficiency and adaptability. For instance, E.ON’s Centrale de Provence in France transitioned from coal to biomass by integrating Saalasti’s high-capacity chippers, achieving a processing capability of up to 100 tons of biomass per hour. Similarly, Dalkia Atlantique adapted swiftly to unforeseen challenges by utilizing Saalasti’s equipment to process storm-felled wood, maintaining energy production continuity.
Reliable support throughout the equipment lifecycle
Saalasti’s lifecycle services ensure continued high reliability and usability of machinery. The lifecycle services are designed to ensure your machinery delivers maximum value, year after year.
With decades of experience and hundreds of machines in operation worldwide, our service team knows what works in bioenergy plants.
We combine technical expertise with insight from hundreds of factories and real-life operating conditions—enabling us to plan a maintenance program that fits your plant’s needs perfectly.
- Maximized lifetime of wear parts
- Reduced production downtime
- Fast global delivery of OEM spare parts
- Continuous upgrades and process development
Saalasti lifecycle services ensure that the machinery remains reliable for decades.
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