5 key takeaways for the Pulp & Paper industries

Increased focus on getting more value out of wood will change pulp mills energy balance in the future. This means that energy efficiency and heat recovery opportunities should be utilized.

Adven has been recovering waste heat from industrial users to facilitate system level integration between own operations – one example being a 40-years long partnership with SCA in Timrå, Sweden.

Utilization of production side and waste streams are gaining more attraction as pulp and paper producers are having zero waste targets.

When the world’s leading producer of abrasives Mirka produces abrasive paper at its plant in Jeppo, Finland, by-product streams are generated in the production when the paper is cut to size. Adven utilizes those waste pieces and combusts energy out of them which is then utilized again in Mirka’s production.

The forest-based bioeconomy market is developing, which will create new business opportunities where partnerships are utmost important.

Adven’s Energy as a Service® partnership with crude tall oil biorefinery producer Fintoil in Hamina, Finland, is a successful example of outsourcing energy production in the green field biorefinery investment.

Capturing of biogenic CO2 is a hot topic in pulp mill environment and can be utilized for example in hydrogen production which creates a lot of excess heat.

Adven’s long-term partnership with steel company Ovako in Hofors, Sweden, will take a leap forward when we will start utilizing the residual heat from Ovako’s electrolyzers in our Hofors district heating network during this year.

Pulp and paper mills are looking for closed cycle opportunities to decrease the footprint of production.

Adven has implemented two closed water cycle projects for Nammo’s propellant plant in Vihtavuori, Finland, making it possible for the plant to cut its consumption of cooling water in half while at the same time achieving substantial energy savings.