Suzano Proceeding with New Biomass Boiler at Mucuri Pulp Mill
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Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil, is performing market analysis supporting the installation of a biomass-fired boiler in its Mucuri Pulp Mill (Bahia, Brazil). The study is expected to be completed at the beginning of 2013. The total investment cost of the project is estimated to be $14.82 million (30 million Brazilian reais).
The new boiler will burn biomass as its primary fuel and will provide steam to the industrial process. It will have a capacity to produce 340,000 lb/hr, and the manufacturer will be Brazilian CBC Industrias Pesadas S.A. Infrastructure construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2014, and the boiler is scheduled to be operational during the second quarter of 2015.
Mucuri Pulp Mill currently produces 1 million metric tpy of bleached eucalyptus pulp per year. The facility is also equipped with a 240 MW powerhouse that provides energy for the mill's self-consumption, with the excess being sold to the national grid. Approximately 950 people work at the facility.
Suzano Pulp and Paper is a forestry-based company that produces eucalyptus pulp and paper in Latin America. The company has been active in the pulp and paper industry for 87 years, with global operations in approximately 80 countries. It currently has five mills: Suzano, Rio Verde, Embu and Limeira (Sao Paulo), and Mucuri (Bahia State). The company's operations are divided into three business units—forestry, pulp, and paper.
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