Kemira shortlisted in the EU Sustainable Energy Awards
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Kemira Oyj
Press Release
May 4, 2016 at 10 am (CET+1)
Kemira's site in Helsingborg, Sweden has been shortlisted in the EU Sustainable
Energy Awards 2016 for industrial symbiosis that facilitates sharing recovered
energy from industrial processes.
Kemira's site in Helsingborg operates under the name of Industry Park of Sweden
(IPOS). The business idea of IPOS is industrial symbiosis, which means that all
businesses based in the industry park cooperate in order to achieve resource
efficiency, reduce costs and to minimize their environmental impact. The site
currently hosts around 20 different companies within chemical and food industry,
logistics and service. All companies within the park collaborate around energy,
material, utilities, logistics, infrastructure and services.
An important part of the industrial symbiosis is sharing of the recovered energy
from Kemira's own processes. Today, 600 GWh of energy is recovered every year to
replace the consumption of primary fuels not only for Kemira but also for the
companies within IPOS and Helsingborg City. This recovered energy is the base
load of the district heating network in Helsingborg, accounting for 1/3 of the
total yearly heat demand.
As Kemira's recovered energy is produced by exothermal reactions and by heat
recovery from product flows it does not generate any CO2 emissions. If the
corresponding volume of energy were to be produced by for example natural gas,
yearly emissions would be 120 000 tons CO2 per year.
"Our aim has been to create added value and to reduce costs and environmental
impact by innovative cooperation", says Lennart Albertsson, Director, Pulp &
Paper, Kemira Helsingborg.
The EU Sustainable Energy Awards recognize outstanding innovation in energy
efficiency and renewables. Around 200 submissions for the 2016 Awards have been
evaluated, and the nominees have been chosen from a shortlist of the year's most
successful projects for clean, secure and efficient energy in three categories:
Consumers, Businesses and Public sector. Three winners among nine nominees will
be unveiled on 14 June as part of the 2016 EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) in
Brussels.
For more information, please contact
Kemira Oyj
Lennart Albertsson, Director, Pulp & Paper, Helsingborg
Tel. +46 4217 1467
Tero Huovinen, SVP, Communications & Corporate Responsibility
Tel. +358 10 862 1980
Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive
industries. We provide expertise, application know-how and chemicals that
improve our customers' water, energy and raw material efficiency. Our focus is
on pulp & paper, oil & gas, mining and water treatment. In 2015, Kemira had
annual revenue of EUR 2.4 billion and around 4,700 employees. Kemira shares are
listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com
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