ABB, a global technology leader in electrification and automation, partnered with energy efficiency experts from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Microsoft, DHL Group and other notable companies to publish the “Industrial energy efficiency playbook” which includes 10 actions that a business can take to improve its energy efficiency, reduce energy costs and lower emissions right now. It focuses […]
Tag Archives: CO2 emission
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Jan
Jan
STARK Group initiates the recycling concept REWOOD in Finland to promote reused products and circular business models. The concept is initiated as a pilot project, where temporary or unused wood and plywood from construction sites are offered as a circular alternative to new wood. The construction industry is responsible for almost half of the world’s waste, […]
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Valmet to Deliver Coating Section Upgrade with Electric Heated Air Dryers to Stora Enso Imatra Mills
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Dec
Dec
Valmet announced that it will upgrade the coating section of Board Machine 5 at Stora Enso Imatra Mills, Tainionkoski in Finland. In addition to electric heated OptiDry Coat air dryers, the upgrade includes a drying capacity increase in the coating section, a new wire loop to the existing dryer group and automation. The upgrade will […]
16
Nov
Nov
Amcor has announced its investment of $3 million in PulPac, a Swedish company providing disruptive manufacturing technology for low-cost, high-performance fiber-based packaging. PulPac is a pioneering, innovation-led company focused on developing its dry-molded fiber technology for use as a viable, sustainable option for the packaging industry. This solution uses raw materials readily found globally, manufactured using […]
29
Aug
Aug
Kyoto Group AS and Glomma Papp AS have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI). The two companies will enter negotiations of a supply agreement for Kyoto’s Thermal Energy Storage (TES) solution, the Heatcube™. Glomma Papp, a Norwegian corrugated cardboard manufacturer, and Kyoto will jointly complete a detailed technical and commercial evaluation of the feasibility […]
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Veolia launches an innovative industrial solution to produce CO2-neutral biofuel from pulp production
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Apr
Apr
Veolia launches the world’s largest biorefinery project producing CO2-neutral bio-methanol from a pulp mill, located in Finland. The project allows to unlock the potential of this alternative source of feedstock for biofuel that is almost completely unexplored to date. Developed in close cooperation with Metsä Fibre, the largest cooperative forestry association in Europe, the refinery will […]
12
Dec
Dec
Valmet will supply a long-term Performance Agreement and a board machine rebuild to Metsä Board Husum in Sweden. The main goal is to increase board machine BM 1’s Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) and annual folding boxboard (FBB) capacity by 200,000 tonnes. Valmet delivered BM 1 to Metsä Board in 2016. The start-up of the rebuilt […]
03
Dec
Dec
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia — one of the world’s biggest producers of oil and gas — is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060. “Russia in practice will strive for carbon neutrality of its economy,” he said at an energy forum in Moscow. “And we set a benchmark for this — no later […]
03
Dec
Dec
A state information system to monitor the ecological situation across the country will be created in Russia by 2024, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko told reporters in Krasnoyarsk. “We are establishing a state information system which will monitor the ecological situation online. [It will monitor] air, ground and water. We will create this system […]
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Nov
Nov
The European pulp and paper industry fully supports efforts and initiatives contributing to halt deforestation and forest degradation around the globe and recommends the EU to take effective and proportionate actions to counter this serious problem. Global deforestation and forest degradation have utterly adverse impacts on climate change and biodiversity loss, as they reduce carbon […]