Metsä Fibre and Doosan Škoda Power have signed a preliminary agreement on the delivery of a turbine generator to the new Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland
Metsä Fibre press release 17.12.2020
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Doosan Škoda Power have signed a preliminary agreement on a turbine generator with an electric power of 270 MW for the planned bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. The turbine is equipped with two steam bleed connections of different pressure levels and a condensing turbine section. The turbine generator, to be installed in connection with the recovery boiler, is a central part of the high energy efficiency of the new mill. It would generate electricity fully from renewable fuels. The bioproduct mill would operate without using any fossil fuels. Its self-sufficiency in electrical energy would be 250 per cent, and the surplus bioelectricity would be supplied to the national grid.
The bioproduct mill would increase the share of renewable energy in Finland by more than two percentage points. This would further strengthen Metsä Group’s position as a major electricity producer relying on renewable Finnish fuels.
“We have established high material, energy and environmental targets for the Kemi bioproduct mill. We expect our partners to reach these targets. In selecting Doosan Škoda Power as a supplier, central factors additionally included their strong experience and highly skilled experts,” says Jari-Pekka Johansson, Director of the bioproduct mill project at Metsä Fibre.
“The planned bioproduct mill in Kemi is certainly an important and ambitious project that Doosan Škoda Power is proud to participate on. The installation uses a 270 MW turbine, which makes it one of the world’s biggest turbines used in pulp production and I am happy that our turbine was chosen for this task, says Václav Lang, Area Sales Manager at Doosan Škoda Power.
The Kemi bioproduct mill project is progressing according to plan. In addition to the turbine generator, several other important preliminary agreements have been signed in the bioproduct mill project for process departments and equipment. If implemented, the mill will be built using the best available techniques (BAT).
Based on the preliminary agreements, the project’s degree of Finnish origin is estimated to be high, approximately 70 per cent. Preconditions for making the decision on the EUR 1.5 billion investment are expected to be in place early 2021 at the earliest, after the environmental permit process has been completed, among other things.
The employment impact of bioproduct mill’s construction phase is estimated to be nearly 10,000 person-years. More than half of this work would be carried out in Kemi. The total number of employees working during the construction phase is estimated to rise to around 15,000.
If implemented, the Kemi bioproduct mill will produce some 1.5 million tonnes of softwood and hardwood pulp per year, as well as many other bioproducts. The investment would secure the existing 250 jobs in the Kemi current mill. Through its direct value chain, the bioproduct mill would employ a total of around 2,500 people in Finland, which would be 1,500 people more than the employment effect of the current pulp mill in Kemi. The new bioproduct mill in Kemi would increase the value of Finnish export revenues by more than half a billion euros annually, and the mill’s annual income effect would be also over half a billion euros a year. The bioproduct mill’s annual use of pulpwood, mainly procured from Finland, would be around 7.6 million cubic metres, which is 4.5 million cubic metres more than that of the existing pulp mill.
More information:
Jari-Pekka Johansson
Project Director
Metsä Fibre
jari-pekka.johansson@metsagroup.com
Anna-Liisa Pennanen
Communications Manager
Metsä Fibre
tel. +358 50 574 8071
anna-liisa.pennanen@metsagroup.com
Metsä Fibre
Metsä Fibre is a leading producer of bioproducts, biochemicals and bioenergy. Metsä Fibre is the world’s leading producer of bleached softwood pulp and a major producer of sawn timber. Currently employing approximately 1,300 people, the company’s sales in 2019 totalled EUR 2.2 billion. Metsä Fibre is part of Metsä Group.
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Metsä Group is a forerunner in sustainable bioeconomy utilising renewable wood from sustainably managed northern forests. Metsä Group focuses on wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh fibre paperboards and tissue and greaseproof papers.
In 2019, Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5.5 billion, and it employs approximately 9,300 people. Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group and is owned by approximately 100,000 Finnish forest owners.
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