Gasum’s biogas reduces carbon footprint of paperboard manufactured by Metsä Group
Metsä Group aims to make all of its mills fossil-free by 2030, and using biogas is one way to reach this target.Gasum has entered into an agreement with Metsä Board, a Metsä Group company manufacturing paperboard, on the delivery of biogas for the company’s paperboard mills. Metsä Board is Europe’s leading manufacturer of folding boxboard. Its folding boxboards are used in high-quality packaging for segments including food, beauty care and healthcare products.
The annual folding boxboard production capacity of Metsä Board’s Finnish mills is around 750,000 tonnes.
Metsä Board recently
Nordic energy company Gasum and Finland’s leading bakery operator Fazer Bakery Finland have signed a letter of intent in order to draft a plan for the role of renewable gas in reducing emissions created by Fazer’s bread transport and production. In addition to the utilisation of food waste and the use of biogas, the goal is to start collaboration regarding e-methane produced with renewable energy.Fazer Bakery Finland plans to phase out fossil fuels as a heat source for ovens by 2030. The planned partnership supports Fazer Bakery Finland’s sustainability strategy in terms of a reduction in
The Nordic energy company Gasum and Renewable Power Capital (RPC) have signed a ten-year power purchase agreement, under which Gasum will buy most of the output from the Rustari onshore wind farm in Southern Ostrobothia. The 8-turbine wind farm will be operational in early 2023 and will begin delivering energy to Gasum later that year, consolidating Gasum’s position as a major actor in the wind power segment.Energy company Gasum will buy wind-powered electricity from RPC starting in 2023. The Rustari wind farm is located in the municipality of Kurikka, in the Southern Ostrobothnian region
Finnish sugar company Sucros Oy, part of Nordzucker AG, has decided to switch from using heavy fuel oil and coal to using liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) supplied by Gasum in its existing three boilers to significantly reduce emissions of the sugar beet factory in Säkylä. Promoting the circular economy, Gasum already receives wastewater sludge and biosludge from Sucros subsidiary Suomen Sokeri for use as raw materials in Gasum’s biogas plants.The LNG and LBG supply agreement between Gasum and Sucros will commence during the autumn of 2022, when the terminal, which
The Nordic energy company Gasum will supply 250 tons of liquefied biogas (LBG) to the world’s leading manufacturer of tool steel for industrial tools Uddeholms AB for their sustainability week in mid-December. The biogas will be delivered to Uddeholms’ plant in Hagfors, Sweden.The steel production in Hagfors has a large energy consumption. The energy comes from a mix of different sources such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), electricity and other sources. During Uddeholms sustainability week both the electricity and the gas will be switched to even more sustainable options. The LNG will be
Gasum and Outokumpu have entered into a 10-year agreement on the supply of renewable wind power. The wind power supplied under the agreement will cover almost all the power consumption at Outokumpu’s Kemi mine. Supplies under the agreement will start in summer 2023.Gasum will supply renewable wind power to Outokumpu under a 10-year agreement. The wind power will be generated by Gasum’s partners’ new wind park in Finland. The partnership promotes Gasum’s strategy to provide cleaner energy for industry and heat and power production.The wind power agreement is a step towards Outokumpu reaching
The energy company Gasum has entered into an agreement with the cleantech company Forchem Oy on the supply of liquefied biogas (LBG) for the Forchem tall oil biorefinery in Rauma, Finland. Forchem switched to using liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2019.Forchem supplies products for global actors operating in many different markets. The company’s operations are characterized by the principles of sustainable development and minimized environmental impacts. The liquefied biogas (LBG) is received at the Forchem reception terminal, vaporized and used in the company’s production processes. The