SCA, Stockholm, Sweden, reports that its Bollsta sawmill in the Bollstabruk, Kramfors municipality in the county of Västernorrland Sweden, has increased its capacity to produce bioenergy, reducing its need for fossil fuels. The mill's old boiler was replaced by two new units that are fired with bark and other residue from its wood-based fuel products operations.
The Bollsta mill says that the new boilers have cut its use of fuel oil from 3,400 cubic meters per year to practically zero. The mill has an annual saw capacity of 460,000 cubic meters and a planing capacity of 100,000 cubic meters. The mill's raw material is Nordic pine.
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