From sawdust to pellets

Stora Enso's pellets factory at Gruvön sawmill outside Karlstad produces 100,000 tonnes of pellets per year.

CARBON NEUTRAL. Biopellets are considered to be carbon neutral, as is use of biomass for energy in general. (Photo: Crestock)

Pellets is an energy solution estimated to have enormous potentials. The production site at Gruvön is integrated with the saw mill and uses chips and splinters from wood production. Heat needed for drying the wood, will come from the Gruvön sawmill. High environmental standards has been kept in the pellets facility, this includes the internal transportation on the production site. The factory was built in six months at a cost of 100 million Swedish kronor.

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Pellets

Pellets are produced from utilise chips and splinters from sawmills

Pellets can be a heating source in households or in district heating systems

The Swedish pellets industry generates about 1,7 million tonnes of pellets everay year at about 100 facilities

This is equivalent with the amount of energy generated from natural gas in Sweden or the amount of energy generated at a couple of nuclear power plants

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