04.05.11
Iggesund Paperboard has invested in a plan that aims to completely eliminate all fossil carbon emissions from its paperboard mill at Workington in the UK. The board of Holmen, the forest products group which owns Iggesund, has agreed to invest a total of £108m to switch the whole mill’s energy supply from fossil natural gas to biofuels.
Iggesund is already investing in a new recovery boiler at the company’s mill at Iggesund, Sweden. The boiler will mean that all production at the mill will be biofuel driven and the mill will also be self-sufficient in electricity. The investment at Workington means that the same approach will be used in the company’s UK facility.
“Our two paperboard mills will have a unique position in the market,” comments Björn Kvick, president of Iggesund Paperboard. “Whether a customer wants solid bleached board such as the Invercote we produce in Sweden or Incada, the folding box board we produce in the UK, we can offer a world-class product with regard to low fossil carbon emissions. And this is in addition to all the other benefits our products offer.”
The planned biofuel plant at Workington is being dimensioned for a thermal output of 150 MW and will supply all the mill’s energy needs, both as electricity and as thermal energy in the form of steam.
Iggesund is already investing in a new recovery boiler at the company’s mill at Iggesund, Sweden. The boiler will mean that all production at the mill will be biofuel driven and the mill will also be self-sufficient in electricity. The investment at Workington means that the same approach will be used in the company’s UK facility.
“Our two paperboard mills will have a unique position in the market,” comments Björn Kvick, president of Iggesund Paperboard. “Whether a customer wants solid bleached board such as the Invercote we produce in Sweden or Incada, the folding box board we produce in the UK, we can offer a world-class product with regard to low fossil carbon emissions. And this is in addition to all the other benefits our products offer.”
The planned biofuel plant at Workington is being dimensioned for a thermal output of 150 MW and will supply all the mill’s energy needs, both as electricity and as thermal energy in the form of steam.
