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Bolloré Thin Papers invests in C


reated in 1920 and now run by Philippe Agut, Bolloré Thin Papers has an annual capacity of


97,500 tonnes with a turnover of 128.2 million Euros in 2012. The company exports 70% of its papers to over 50 countries worldwide.


Globally renowned for their high quality, the products of Bolloré Thin Papers are produced in France at Thonon-les-Bains – Papeteries du Léman (PDL) and Laval-sur- Vologne – Papeteries des Vosges (PDV). The lightest Bible paper in the world, 22 g/m2 Indopaque, is currently produced by the company.


As an environmental leader, Bolloré Thin Papers was the first paper manufacturer to have, in 2008, carried out a Life Cycle Assessment of its products and put environmentally responsible thin papers on the market. In order to


Exterior view of the new boiler room at Papeteries du Léman.


support sustainable development and to control the use of energy, the board of Papeteries du Léman has analysed several alternative solutions to fossil fuels with the intention of achieving a positive economic and carbon report. Wood appeared to be the


optimal solution as a renewable energy; it makes it possible to maintain dynamic growth, whilst controlling the use of energy. A new boiler room with 8.2 MW of power was therefore installed at a cost of 4.8 million Euros and since it came into service on 7 January,


Largest wood biomass power plant in France


A major biomass conversion and turbine upgrade project has been awarded to Doosan Power Systems for E.ON’s coal- fired power plant in Gardanne- Meyreuil, Provence. The project will help to create France’s largest wood biomass-fired power plant to date as part of the E.ON Group’s ‘cleaner, higher performance energy’ strategy.


The new biomass unit, generating electricity from the combustion of wood, including forest chips, green residues and recovered wood, will be converted from the existing coal-fired Provence 4 unit. It will provide 150 MW of power with base production of more


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than 7,500 hours per year until 2034, which corresponds to the annual electrical consumption (except for heating) of 440,000 households. This investment will reduce the CO2 balance by 600,000 tons per year. It will also extend the life of the power plant for a further 20 years whilst helping restructure and develop the region’s ‘wood- energy’ industry. The first firing is scheduled to take place in the Autumn of 2014 and operational start-up is expected in early 2015.


Doosan Power Systems will be responsible for converting the existing Provence facility to biomass, in particular by converting the 20-year-old, coal-


fired Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler and renovating the steam turbine. The project will be led by the Germany-based CFB specialist, Doosan Lentjes, which supplied the original equipment and key components for the plant in 1992. At the same time, the company’s turbine specialist, Doosan Škoda Power, will replace the inner steam path of the existing steam turbine to match the new output and enhance plant efficiency. Life-time extension works will be undertaken by Doosan Babcock on the remaining equipment so that the plant is well-placed to deliver reliable performance for a further 20 years.


The assembly of the new


equipment will be subcontracted locally to ADF, a French group located in the Fos- Berre basin that specialises in the maintenance of power generation sites. The project will have a significant economic impact on the region, employing an average of 200 people over 18 months and up to 350 in peak periods, a large number with local industrial firms such as ADF.


The new Provence 4 biomass unit will consume some 850,000 tonnes of biomass per year. This will contribute to the creation of indirect local employment by upstream restructuring and development of the regional ‘wood-energy’ industry. Within


it has provided 50% of the steam requirements for the PDL site, with the balance being provided by the household waste incineration plant in Thonon-Les-Bains in conjunction with an additional gas boiler. A good number of biomass boilers have been built in France


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