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PÄIVI LEHTO-TRAPNOWSKI
PHOTOGRAPHY
TUOMAS UUSHEIMO
Fuelled
by
forest
UPM is building the world’s first bio
refinery to produce wood-based biofuel
– UPMBioVerno – on the Kaukas mill
site in Lappeenranta, Finland. The
biorefinery will turn crude tall oil into
renewable diesel that generates fewer
emissions than fossil fuels.
The biorefinery will produce approx-
imately 100,000 tonnes of renewable
diesel per year. Biofuel production
will provide UPMwith the opportunity
to use the trees felled for paper and
pulp productionmore efficiently. The
refinery will need the crude tall oil from
approximately five to six pulpmills.
The quality of UPMBioVerno is as good
as that of fossil fuels. It can be used in
all diesel vehicles from cars to heavy
equipment. There is one big difference
between UPMBioVerno and standard
diesel though: the biofuel reduces
greenhouse gas emissions up to 80%.
The biorefinery will employ 50 people,
and transport operations will employ
another 150. The first tankers carrying
UPMBioVerno will drive off from the
Kaukas mill site this year. NEOTwill
be responsible for the distribution of
the biofuel. UPMBioVerno will be sold
in Finland by themajor petrol station
chains ABC and St1.
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