Reliable biomass and SRF/RDF fuel handling, from receiving to boiler feed
BMH designs, manufactures and delivers complete solid biomass handling and SRF/RDF handling solutions for heat and power plants worldwide. We serve power plant owners and operators, energy utilities, district heating companies, and industrial plants such as pulp and paper mills that generate their own electricity and process steam. We also work closely with EPC contractors, system integrators, and construction companies, integrating our process delivery into their wider project scope.
Heat and power plants today face pressure to maintain high availability, manage changing fuel mixes, and support the transition from fossil fuels. With seven decades of experience in solid biomass handling for large-scale power boilers, we tailor each system to match the fuel, boiler, and site conditions.
Our biomass handling systems are built for a wide range of materials, from traditional fuels such as wood chips, bark, forest residues, eucalyptus, olive kerns, and pellets to the increasingly common recycled wood, demolition wood, and mixed biomasses such as palm kernel shells. The same systems integrate seamlessly into plants where biomass is co-fired with peat, SRF/RDF, or other agro-based fuels.
BMH tailors every project to your operation. As an EPC contractor, we deliver complete turnkey biomass handling systems, currently in Finland, Sweden, and Spain. As a process supplier, we deliver the biomass handling process itself, leaving foundations, buildings, and utilities to your chosen partner. This model works well across Western and Eastern Europe as well as in Asia, including for example the Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, and Taiwan. For equipment supply, we serve customers globally.
What BMH delivers for heat and power plants
Heat and power plants today rarely run on a single fuel. Mixed fuel streams often include solid biomass, SRF, RDF, and demolition wood. Combining individual equipment into one controlled and efficient system for these fuels requires deep know-how of the process, which is why BMH’s systems reach the highest possible availability.
For plants burning solid biomass, we deliver complete biomass handling systems from receiving and quality control to storage, conveying, and boiler feeding.
For plants that use externally produced SRF or RDF, we deliver complete reception, storage, quality inspection, dosing, and feeding systems.
For plants producing SRF/RDF on-site, we deliver the full production line, from mixed waste reception through shredding, separation, and fine shredding to a finished fuel ready for the boiler.
For heat and power plants looking to extend their lifetime, improve fuel flexibility, or shift from fossil to renewable fuels, we deliver the modernisations and conversions that enable the change.
Solid biomass handling systems
A typical BMH solid biomass handling system covers every step of the fuel’s journey, including receiving, fuel preparation, fuel quality control, storage, conveying, and boiler feeding. With expertise in layout design, automation, and system integration, BMH turns individual equipment into one reliable system.
Explore our biomass handling references
Biomass Fuel Handling solution delivered to Borås, Sweden
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Biomass Fuel Handling solution delivered to Curtis, Spain
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Biomass Fuel Handling Solution delivered to Västerås, Sweden
Founded in 1861, Mälarenergi AB in Sweden is an established community builder and a part…
SRF/RDF handling systems for heat and power plants
For heat and power plants that use SRF or RDF as fuel, BMH delivers the handling systems needed to receive, store, and feed waste-derived fuels reliably to the boiler. Whether the fuel comes from external producers or on-site production, the same expertise built across biomass handling applies here, with equipment and layouts adapted to the specific demands of waste-derived fuels.
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Waste to Electricity solution delivered to Rauma, Finland
Rauman Biovoima is a combined heat and power plant (CHP) supplying process steam to the…
What makes BMH the right partner for heat and power plants
Reliable equipment built for industrial-scale performance
BMH’s solid biomass and SRF/RDF handling systems are renowned for their robust performance and excellent availability. Our heavy-duty TYRANNOSAURUS® shredders, crushers, and production line technology ensure consistent particle size, high uptime and decades of reliable operation.
Hands-on experience with a wide range of solid fuels
BMH biomass handling systems are built for a wide range of solid fuels. We have experience with all common solid fuels, such as wood chips, stumps, forest residue, sticks, energy willow, peat, pellets, bark, eucalyptus, demolition wood chips, and SRF/RDF.
Fuel flexibility and co-firing capability
The fuel flexibility built into BMH’s solutions enables biomass to be co-fired with SRF/RDF, peat, agro-based, and fossil fuels in the same plant. The same handling system can adapt to changing fuel mixes over time.
Converting coal- and oil-fired plants to biomass or SRF/RDF
Beyond new builds, BMH adapts existing power plants to use SRF/RDF or biomass as primary or supplementary fuel. Coal- and oil-fired plants can be modified to run on waste-derived or renewable fuels, extending plant life while cutting fossil CO₂ emissions.
Development partner for emerging fuel applications
Beyond today’s proven solutions, we work alongside customers on emerging applications, such as converting biomass into liquid fuels, through feasibility studies, concept development, and joint R&D projects.
Decades of proven experience in biomass handling solutions
70+
years of experience in solid biomass handling for large-scale power boilers
15+
biomass and waste-derived fuels handled
Flexible scope
from single equipment to complete turnkey plants
Hundreds of sites
served worldwide
BMH Life Cycle Services protecting your investment and securing uptime
A biomass or SRF/RDF handling line for a heat and power plant is a 20+ year investment. BMH Life Cycle Services protects your investment with quality spare parts, expert maintenance, and R&D-backed modernisations, including upgrades for lines from other manufacturers.
Let’s find the right solution together
Every heat and power plant is different, from fuel mix to boiler type and site conditions. Our specialists work with you to find the right handling solution for your project.
Whether you are building a new plant or modernising an existing one, our biomass and SRF/RDF handling systems are engineered for one outcome: consistent fuel flow and uninterrupted operation, year after year.
