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Guests of honour at UPM’s biorefi nery
visited UPM’s new biorefi nery in Lappeenranta, Finland, together with the President of the Republic, Sauli Niinistö, and his spouse, Mrs Jenni Haukio. UPM’s Chairman of the Board, Björn Wahlroos, and President and CEO, Jussi Pesonen, hosted the event, which was included in the state programme of the Swedish royal couple in Finland.
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The biorefi nery was chosen to form part of the programme thanks to its unique status in the biofuel industry. The facility, which began operations in January, is the world’s fi rst biorefi nery producing
n 5 March, H.M. King Carl Gustaf XVI and H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden
wood-based renewable diesel. “UPM Lappeenranta biorefi nery marks the fi rst investment in a new, innovative production facility in Finland as part of the transfor- mation of the forest industry. It is also signifi cant in terms of imple- menting UPM’s Biofore strategy,” said Jussi Pesonen. “The UPM biorefi nery saw a wealth of expertise and a number of professionals come together during the construction and start-up phase,” he continued, adding, “I would like to thank all parties for the solid collaboration and commitment to this unique project”.
During the short stay, the delegation visited the biorefi nery and viewed an exhibition high-
Left to right: Björn Wahlroos, Mrs Jenni Haukio, President Sauli Niinistö, H.M. Queen Silvia and H.M. King Carl Gustaf XVI of Sweden.
lighting UPM’s extensive range of products. The delegation included the Foreign Minister of Sweden, Margot Wallström, the Minister
of Education, Gustav Fridolin, and a number of Swedish business leaders and members of the UPM Board and Executive Team.
Biofuel terminal opens at Hull Port
Enviva orders woodyard equipment
International technology Group Andritz has received an order from Enviva, one of the leading producers of forest biomass pellets, to provide woodyard equipment, engineering and fi eld services for two biomass pellet plants. These will be built in North Carolina, USA, and will each have a capacity of 500,000 tons per year.
Andritz will supply several inno- vative products for manufacturing mini-chips from round timber at high production rates. At the heart of the wood
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The Andritz HHQ30 chipper is specifi cally confi gured to produce superior quality mini-chips for pellet
production at high capacities and low power consumption rates (picture courtesy of Andritz).
processing line will be the HHQ30 chipper with TurnKnife system from Andritz Iggesund Tools. This combination of chipper and knife system is said to produce the high- est percentage of superior quality chips and the thinnest chip on the market.
A new biofuel terminal has been opened at Hull Port on the East Coast of England that will import wood pellets from North America to supply Drax Power Station. Built by the Spencer Group, the terminal was offi cially opened by the Lord Mayor of Hull, Mary Glew.
The Associated British Ports facility will handle millions of tonnes of wood pellets a year that
have been imported from North America. Once transferred from ships to a silo, the pellets will be loaded on to specially-designed railway wagons and delivered to the North Yorkshire power station. The facility is one part of a £100 million development project, which will also include the construction of biomass terminals at Immingham and Goole in the North-East.
Joint venture at Norwegian pulp mill
A co-operation agreement has been signed between Södra and Statkraft to start a jointly-owned company for the future production of biofuel at the former Tofte pulp mill in Norway. The venture will be named Silva Green Fuel AS and will be jointly owned by Södra (49%) and Statkraft (51%). According to Södra, the
company’s fi rst task will be to fi nd a cost-effective technology for the profi table production of second generation biofuels based on raw materials from the forest. A future commitment depends on whether the authorities facilitate the increased use of biofuels through tax changes and other attractive incentives.
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