scholarly journals Technical Change, Carbon Dioxide Reduction and Energy Consumption in the Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry 1973-2006

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Lindmark ◽  
Ann-Kristin Bergquist ◽  
Lars Fredrik Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Technical Change ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Reduction ◽  
Pulp And Paper

scholarly journals Energy Flows and Carbon Footprint in the Forestry-Pulp and Paper Industry

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingjian Zhao ◽  
Sheng Ding ◽  
Zuomin Wen ◽  
Anne Toppinen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Energy Flows ◽  
Material Transportation

In the context of global climate change, energy conservation and greenhouse effect gases (GHG) reduction are major challenges to mankind. The forestry-pulp and paper industry is a typical high energy consumption and high emission industry. We conducted in-depth research on the energy flows and carbon footprint of the forestry-pulp paper industry. The results show that: (1) The main sources of energy supply include external fossil fuel coal and internal biomass fuel black liquor, which supply 30,057,300 GJ and 14,854,000 GJ respectively; in addition, the energy produced by diesel in material transportation reaches 11,624,256 GJ. (2) The main energy consumption processes include auxiliary engineering projects, material transportation, papermaking, alkali recovery, pulping and other production workshops. The percentages of energy consumption account for 26%, 18%, 15%, 10% and 6%, respectively. (3) The main sources of carbon include coal and forest biomass, reaching 770,000 tons and 1.39 million tons, respectively. (4) Carbon emissions mainly occur in fuel combustion in combined heating and power (CHP) and diesel combustion in material transportation, reaching 6.78 million tons and 790,000 tons of carbon, respectively. (5) Based on steam and electricity consumption, the indirect carbon emissions of various thermal and electric energy production units were calculated, and the key energy consumption process units and hotspot carbon flow paths were further found. This research established a theoretical and methodological basis for energy conservation and emission reduction.

scholarly journals Can carbon capture be a new revenue opportunity for the pulp and paper sector?

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 527-540
Author(s):  
KATJA KUPARINEN ◽  
SATU LIPIÄINEN ◽  
ESA VAKKILAINEN
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Fuel Production ◽  
Biogenic Carbon ◽  
Negative Emission ◽  
Green Fuel

Transition towards carbon neutrality will require application of negative carbon emission technologies (NETs). This creates a new opportunity for the industry in the near future. The pulp and paper industry already utilizes vast amounts of biomass and produces large amounts of biogenic carbon dioxide. The industry is well poised for the use of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), which is considered as one of the key NETs. If the captured carbon dioxide can be used to manufacture green fuels to replace fossil ones, then this will generate a huge additional market where pulp and paper mills are on the front line. The objective of this study is to evaluate future trends and policies affecting the pulp and paper industry and to describe how a carbon neutral or carbon negative pulp and paper production process can be viable. Such policies include, as examples, price of carbon dioxide allowances or support for green fuel production and BECCS implementation. It is known that profitability differs depending on mill type, performance, energy efficiency, or carbon dioxide intensity. The results give fresh understanding on the potential for investing in negative emission technologies. Carbon capture or green fuel production can be economical with an emission trade system, depending on electricity price, green fuel price, negative emission credit, and a mill’s emission profile. However, feasibility does not seem to evidently correlate with the performance, technical age, or the measured efficiency of the mill.

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