Metsä Group plans to increase bioenergy use in Kemi

6/26/2012 6:00 AM EST

Metsä Group
Press release

Metsä Group plans to increase bioenergy use in Kemi

Metsä Group Press Release 26 June 2012


Metsä Group will launch a feasibility study to increase the use and production
of renewable energy sources at the Kemi pulp mill in Finland. One possible
production technology that is being reviewed is a gasification plant that
produces biofuel replacing the fossil fuel, i.e. oil, of the lime kiln. A
similar gasification plant will be commissioned at the Joutseno pulp mill this
summer, which means that the mill will become a carbon dioxide-neutral
production plant during normal operation. 

The feasibility study will focus on the technical concepts and business model
of the investment options. The study will be completed by the end of the year. 

"The goal of investment decisions made based on the feasibility study is to
strengthen Metsä Group’s position as a leader in the efficient production and
use of bioenergy," says Ismo Nousiainen, Senior Vice President, Production at
Metsä Fibre. 

The introduction of new production technology would increase the Kemi mill's
use of wood-based fuels obtained from external suppliers. At the moment, the
mill produces more energy than it needs itself: the self-sufficiency rate of
the mill's electrical energy is about 141 per cent. 


METSÄ GROUP
Group Communications

For more information, please contact:
Ismo Nousiainen, SVP, Production, Metsä Fibre, tel. +358 50 598 7378


www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products are part of
people’s everyday life and promote sustainable well-being. Metsä Group produces
high-quality products mainly from renewable Nordic wood. The Group’s business
areas are tissue and cooking papers, board and paper, pulp, wood products as
well as wood supply. Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5.3 billion in 2011, and
it employs approximately 12,500 people. The Group is present in some 30
countries.