Burmeister & Wain Energy

Name

Burmeister & Wain Energy

Legal name

Burmeister & Wain Energy

Website

https://bwe.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1843

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Steam Generators and Biomass Boilers

NAICS

Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (33241), Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (3336), Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (332410)

SIC

Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces (3433), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991), Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Biomass Boilers & Steam Systems (Process Heat) (EUAAAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biomass Combustion & Boiler Island Technology (Grates, Fluidized Bed, Burners) (EUAAAGAG), Industrial Steam Systems Decarbonization (Boiler Upgrades, Condensate Recovery, Steam Optimization) (EUABAJAK), Industrial Boilers, HRSGs & Steam Generators (IMAHAFAF), Onsite Low-Carbon Heat & CHP (Electrified CHP, Fuel Cells, Renewable CHP) (EUABAJAI)

Keywords

• Biomass steam generators
• Industrial boiler manufacturing
• EPC power plant solutions
• Biomass combustion systems
• Cogeneration plant construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Allerød

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. EPC/EPCM Project Delivery: Full engineering, procurement, and construction contracts (EPC) and engineering, procurement, construction management contracts (EPCM) for biomass power plants and thermal generation facilities. BWE assumes full responsibility for guaranteed performance, schedule, and cost delivery.
2. Equipment Supply: Supply of custom-designed boilers and combustion systems adapted to client biomass availability. Includes steam generators, thermal generation, power generation, and cogeneration equipment.
3. Operations and Maintenance Services: O&M contracts ranging from strategic consultancy to full power plant operation and maintenance. Includes maintenance shutdown management, urgent unplanned outage support, spare parts analysis, and fitness-for-service certifications.
4. Technical Consulting and Engineering: Advanced design and simulation services including pressure parts design, boiler water circulation modeling, CFD modeling, fitness-for-service analysis, failure investigations, and independent QA/QC during manufacturing and erection.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Burmeister & Wain Energy (BWE) designs, manufactures, and delivers custom biomass-fired steam generators and complete boiler plants for power generation, thermal generation, and cogeneration applications. The company delivers full turnkey solutions under EPC and EPCM contracts, supported by proprietary combustion technologies (Water-Cooled Vibrating Grate, Cyclonic Combustion Chamber, Multi-Fuel Burner, Step-Grate System) specifically engineered to handle complex agricultural, forest, and waste biomass fuels.

Product overview

BWE (Burmeister & Wain Energy) is a specialized boiler engineering and biomass energy solutions company offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. The core offering consists of proprietary boiler technologies including 3-Pass and 2-Pass boiler designs (SH & RH variants) engineered for different biomass types: agricultural residues (wheat straw, rice straw), forest biomass (wood chips, pellets), industrial residues, and waste fuels. Supporting the boilers are proprietary combustion systems: Water-Cooled Vibrating Grate (WCVG, 30-150 MWt), Cyclonic Combustion Chamber (CCC, 10-40 MWt), Multi-Fuel Burner (MFB, 15-100 MWt), and Step-Grate systems. An automated Bale Handling System provides complete fuel management from warehouse to boiler. BWE delivers solutions through EPC/EPCM contracting models, providing turnkey Thermal Generation, Power Generation, and Cogeneration (CHP) plants. Engineering services span advanced design & simulation (CFD, pressure parts), modernization & efficiency upgrades, asset integrity inspections, and full project management & O&M support. The company also develops Oxy-Combustion technology for carbon capture applications. All offerings are backed by over 180 years of steam generator experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 3 Pass Boiler SH & RH (Agricultural Biomass) Three-pass boiler design for high alkaline agricultural biomass residues such as wheat straw, rice straw, corn stover, and palm leaves, with water-cooled vibration grate, double screw stoker, combustion air preheating, and submerged bottom ash conveyor. Steam parameters: 110 bara at 540°C or 140 bara at 540°C/540°C for reheat variants.
• 2 Pass Boiler SH & RH (Forest Biomass) Two-pass boiler design for low alkaline forest biomass residues including wood chips and wood pellets, with spreader stoker, primary air preheating FW, and submerged bottom ash conveyor. Sizes from 20 to 150 MWt.
• 3 Pass Boiler SH (Waste) Three-pass boiler for waste fuels including waste wood (A1/A2/A3), refuse derived fuel (RDF), and municipal solid waste (MSW), with water-cooled grate options.
• 2 Pass Boiler SH (Industrial Biomass) Two-pass boiler with cyclonic combustion chamber for industrial biomass residues such as wood dust, sunflower husk, and meat & bone meal. Sizes from 20 to 80 MWt.
• Water-Cooled Vibrating Grate (WCVG) Proprietary BWE combustion technology available in 30 to 150 MWt sizes, optimized for fuels such as wheat straw, rice straw, corn stover, mustard husk, palm leaves, sugarcane bagasse, and wood chips. Integrated with 30% primary air below grate and 70% staged combustion air for NOx control.
• Cyclonic Combustion Chamber (CCC) Proprietary BWE design available in sizes from 10 to 40 MWt. Horizontally oriented, water-cooled chamber with tangential fuel entry and cyclonic air movement for fine fuels such as sawdust, sunflower husk, and meat and bone meal.
• Multi-Fuel Burner (MFB) Proprietary BWE burner design from 15 to 100 MWt for natural gas, heavy fuel oil, light fuel oil, coal dust, or wood dust with automated fuel transition and staged air combustion for ultra-low NOx.
• Step-Grate Combustion System Combustion technology for thermal conversion of RDF, SRF, MSW, waste wood (A1/A2/A3), and mixed waste fuels. Available in 20 to 60 MWt thermal capacities with air-cooled or water-cooled configurations.
• Bale Handling System Complete automated fuel handling system for baled fuel including Warehouse Management System with Supplier & Supply Identification Station, SQL Database, Bale Conveyor System with Reception Conveyor, Weighing Conveyor, Air Lock Conveyor, Buffer Conveyors, String Cutter Conveyor, Dosing Conveyor, and Bale Opener feeding into Double Screw Stoker.
• EPC/EPCM Solutions Turnkey project delivery under EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) or EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management) contracting models with full lifecycle responsibility from engineering through commissioning, with guaranteed performance, schedule, and cost.
• Thermal Generation Solutions Tailor-made biomass-fired steam and hot water generation solutions designed for specific industrial process conditions, steam parameters, load profiles, and fuel characteristics.
• Power Generation Solutions Biomass power generation solutions for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) with high plant availability, operational reliability, and optimal efficiency under strict grid requirements.
• Cogeneration (CHP) Solutions Biomass-based combined heat and power solutions integrating power generation and thermal energy supply for industrial clients, designed for Behind the Meter (BTM) operation to provide electricity and process steam with greater energy autonomy.
• Oxy-Combustion Technology Advanced combustion technology using oxygen rather than air to achieve CO2 concentrations above 90% purity at the boiler outlet, enabling cost-effective carbon capture and permanent carbon storage while producing power and heat for net negative emissions.
• Advanced Design & Simulation Services Engineering services including pressure parts design (ASME, EN, IBR codes), boiler water circulation modeling, CFD modeling, fitness-for-service analysis, failure investigations, and high-pressure piping analysis.
• Modernization & Efficiency Services Retrofitting, revamping, fuel conversions, low NOx combustion systems, emission reduction studies, fuel feeding systems, control systems (DCS/SCADA), and instrumentation/electrical solutions.
• Asset Integrity & Technical Inspection Services On-site and pressure parts inspections, fitness for service (FFS) analysis, failure investigations, remaining life assessments, and independent QA/QC services during manufacturing and erection.
• Project Management & O&M Services Greenfield and brownfield project management, maintenance shutdown execution, urgent outage support, operation and maintenance contracts, and spare parts risk assessment.

Quantifiable outcome

• One 150 MWt CHP facility can save close to 1 million tonnes of CO2 through combined substitution and restoration using oxy-combustion with carbon capture.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Doosan Enerbility: Korean OEM and EPC contractor manufacturing boilers, steam generators, and turbines for biomass and thermal power plants, with a comparable utility-scale CHP/biomass focus and global delivery capability.
• Hitachi Zosen Inova: Swiss-Japanese EPC contractor specializing in waste-to-energy and biomass grate-fired boilers (KFx, Re焚), a directly comparable technology and project delivery profile to BWE's Step-Grate and biomass-CHP solutions.
• Sumitomo Heavy Industries: Japanese manufacturer of industrial boilers, steam generators, and combustion systems, including biomass-fired units, overlapping with BWE's boiler and combustion system portfolio.
• Babcock & Wilcox: Long-established US industrial boiler OEM and EPC contractor with biomass, waste, and renewable steam generation offerings overlapping directly with BWE's steam generator portfolio and customer segments.
• Valmet: Finnish pulp, paper, and energy technology company and one of the world's largest biomass-fired boiler and steam generator manufacturers, with EPC delivery for utility-scale biomass and CHP plants directly comparable to BWE's core offering.
• Metso: Finnish industrial company with a minerals and metals flowsheet that also supplies equipment and aftermarket services for biomass handling and combustion (e.g., fuel handling, particle processing) relevant to BWE's biomass-fired steam plant portfolio.
• Foster Wheeler (Wood plc): Heritage steam generator and HRSG manufacturer now operating within Wood's EPC ecosystem, with biomass and waste-to-energy boiler experience that closely parallels BWE's industrial steam generator offering.
• ANDRITZ: Austrian technology group with a major Biomass & Energy business supplying bubbling fluidized bed boilers, grate furnaces, and complete EPC biomass power plants, closely mirroring BWE's scope in size and fuel flexibility.

Emerging players

• Carbon Clean: UK-based carbon capture technology company focused on point-source CO2 capture for industrial emitters, including those served by biomass and CHP plants, and a potential partner or competitor to BWE's oxy-combustion CCS approach.

Broad incumbents

• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: Large Japanese industrial conglomerate with extensive boiler, steam turbine, and EPC power plant operations including biomass; a broader incumbent whose thermal business unit competes with BWE on large biomass-CHP tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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