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Environmental permit granted to Metsä Fibre’s Kemi bioproduct mill


T


he Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland has recently granted


environmental and water supply permits to the Kemi bioproduct mill of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group. The environmental permit defines the limit values for the emissions of the new mill. The environmental permit has


been received and now it will be analysed in more detail. According to current estimate it is possible to reach a decision on the investment to the Kemi bioproduct mill in early, 2021. The planning of the bioproduct


mill is based on a high degree of environmental, material and energy efficiency. Despite the clearly increased production, the new bioproduct mill would stay below the emission limits of the currently valid environmental permit for the existing Kemi pulp mill. The bioproduct mill would be built according to the Best Available Technology (BAT) principle and, in part, using even more advanced technology, for example, at the wastewater treatment plant and the sulphuric acid plant. The investment of the bioproduct mill would be €1.5 billion and the construction of the new mill would take approximately two and a half years. The bioproduct mill would produce


1.5 million tonnes of softwood and hardwood pulp per year, as well as many other bioproducts. The mill would not use any fossil fuels, and its power self-sufficiency rate would be high, 250%. This would further strengthen Metsä Group’s position as


a major electricity producer relying on renewable Finnish fuels. The press release of The Regional


State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland can be found at www. avi.fi/tiedotteet and environmental permit decisions at http://ylupa.avi.fi.


More information: Anna-Liisa Pennanen Communications Manager Metsä Fibre t. +358 50 574 8071 e. anna-liisa.pennanen@ metsagroup.com


RJM wins substantial portfolio of new work from Bionenergy Infrastructure Group


RJM International, has, announced that it has secured a five year Technical Services Agreement (TSA) as well as two new Overfire Flue Gas Recirculation (OFGR) projects, at Energy Works Hull (EWH) and at Ince Bio Power (IBP). Both sites are owned by Bioenergy


Infrastructure Group (BIG), one of the UK’s leading developers and operators of Biomass and Energy from Waste plants. The TSA will enable RJM to offer


an enhanced level of technical and engineering support at EWH and IBP and to support BIG in its future growth plans. During 2020, RJM has already been applying its specialist expertise at both EWH and IBP, including assisting EWH to be the first Advanced Gasification Technology EfW facility to meet the requirements of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. (This is the government’s main mechanism for supporting low-


carbon electricity generation.) RJM has also provided replacement


fuel feed systems at Hull which has enabled a significant and immediate benefit in operational performance. Commenting on these new


contracts, John Goldring, managing director of RJM said, “We very much look forward to continuing our collaboration and partnership with BIG. Achieving consistent, reliable performance with a highly variable input fuel is something the biomass


and EfW sector faces every day and requires complex analysis and well thought through solutions; a core strength of RJM International.” Andy Richardson, chief operating


officer at BIG added, “RJM’s input into these two projects at Hull and Ince has been invaluable so far and we look forward to building on this successful relationship with the new Technical Services Agreement, which we entered into with RJM in December, 2020.”


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