Valio’s biggest-ever energy-efficiency investment in Lapinlahti: recovering heat from the factory chimney
The biggest energy-efficiency investment in Valio’s history has been completed at Valio’s Lapinlahti factory in the North Savo region of Finland. The new flue-gas condenser captures heat from the factory’s chimney and simultaneously scrubs it to make it cleaner. The factory’s energy consumption will decrease by more than 10 percent and its greenhouse gas emissions by about 10,000 CO\2 \tons per year, i.e. an amount equivalent to the annual emissions of some 4,900 passenger cars.The Lapinlahti factory has the biggest total energy consumption of all Valio’s factories. The factory needs heat