{"id":33109,"date":"2016-03-14T07:10:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T06:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Filbioeconomista.com%2F2016%2F02%2F29%2Fmetsa-group-leads-the-finnish-bioeconomy%2F"},"modified":"2018-02-15T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T12:27:33","slug":"metsae-group-leads-the-finnish-bioeconomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/metsae-group-leads-the-finnish-bioeconomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u00e4 Group leads the Finnish bioeconomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mets\u00e4 Group, the Port of Helsinki and the City of Helsinki have reached an agreement on the use of the harbour and the lease of an area for a terminal building of around 30,000 square metres. The terminal will serve as an export warehouse for the bioproduct mill and will be completed before the mill is inaugurated in the third quarter of 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Export logistics will be based on a comprehensive new solution. VR Transpoint will be responsible for the rail transport of goods and for harbour operations in cooperation with Oy M. Rauanheimo Ab. The bioproduct mill will export around 800,000 tonnes of pulp per year, mainly to Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese solutions will ensure efficient, smoothly running export logistics for us in Finland,\u201d says\u00a0Jari Voutilainen, SVP, Group Logistics at Mets\u00e4 Group.<\/p>\n

Mets\u00e4 Group is building the world\u2019s first next-generation bioproduct mill in \u00c4\u00e4nekoski. The mill will produce around 1.3 million tonnes of pulp per year, as well as other bioproducts and bioenergy.\u00a0Expanding this core with the production of numerous new bioproducts is a leading principle behind Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s bioproduct concept. The development of the bioproduct concept has now advanced to the stage of the first implementation decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur action plan aims at incorporating new bioproducts and partnerships into our developing and competitive pulp business in phases,\u201d says\u00a0Ilkka\u00a0H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4, CEO of Mets\u00e4 Fibre, a part of Mets\u00e4 Group.<\/p>\n

The first step in implementing the bioproduct concept was taken in April 2015, when Mets\u00e4 Group made the investment decision concerning the bark gasification plant. The bark-derived product gas is produced for the bioproduct mill\u2019s own use, whereby the mill becomes fully free of any fossil fuels. The renewable product gas will replace some 45,000 cubic metres of heavy fuel oil a year. The gasification plant will begin production at the same time as the bioproduct mill, in the third quarter of 2017.<\/p>\n

The bioproduct concept is complemented by the agreements made in February 2016 with biogas manufacturer EcoEnergy SF Oy and biocomposite producer Aqvacomp Oy.<\/p>\n

The biogas plant that EcoEnergy SF Oy will build at Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s bioproduct mill in \u00c4\u00e4nekoski is the first in the world to make use of the sludge generated in pulp production. The plant, set to be completed in 2017, produces approximately 20 gigawatt hours of biogas a year, which is equal to the annual fuel consumption of roughly 1,800 passenger cars. The possible uses of the biogas include transport fuels. The Ministry of Employment and the Economy has granted EcoEnergy SF an investment aid from the government\u2019s spearhead programme funds for carbon-free, clean, renewable energy. Furthermore, a letter of intent on making use of the biogas produced by the plant has been signed with\u00a0Gasum Oy.<\/p>\n

Aqvacomp Oy is investing in a plant that produces biocomposite. The biomaterial, which combines pulp fibre and plastic, can be used in the electronics and automobile industries as a substitute for plastic, for example. The production plant that Aqvacomp will build integrated to Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s Rauma pulp mill will begin operating in the beginning of 2017. Aqvacomp is also exploring the possibility to build a bigger plant in \u00c4\u00e4nekoski once the bioproduct mill is operational.<\/p>\n

The bioproduct concept is further developed along several avenues. Mets\u00e4 Group is, for instance, developing a concept, in which the odorous gases of the bioproduct mill are converted into sulphuric acid, to be used as a raw material by the mill instead of sulphuric acid bought from the market. A sulphuric acid plant connected to the pulp production process would represent a significant step towards more closed chemical cycles.<\/p>\n

Textile fibres made from softwood pulp is another central development project in the context of new bioproducts. The new, environmentally-friendly production process for producing textile fibre from wood is based on ionic liquid technology developed in the research programmes of FIBIC Oy. Mets\u00e4 Group has continued the development in cooperation with the Japanese Itochu Corporation. The first garments produced on a laboratory-scale, utilising this new production process, are now ready, and will function as a basis for considering a shift to pilot-plant scale.<\/p>\n

The research concerning the processing of lignin into new products continues. Lignin-based products will be manufactured in a pilot plant during 2016.<\/p>\n

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