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Facts & Figures 2011 - SCA

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<strong>SCA</strong> Energy is the division of <strong>SCA</strong><br />

Forest Products that coordinates<br />

all operations related to renewable<br />

energy. The unit encompasses<br />

refined and unrefined biofuel and<br />

wind power. <strong>SCA</strong> Energy is also<br />

tasked with coordinating various<br />

development initiatives in the<br />

energy area. An important partner<br />

in this work is <strong>SCA</strong> R&D Centre.<br />

Wood pellets<br />

<strong>SCA</strong> BioNorr is one of Sweden’s<br />

largest producers of wood pellets<br />

and is responsible for pellet production<br />

at the plants in Härnö sand<br />

and Stugun, Sweden, employing<br />

26 people. <strong>SCA</strong>’s sawmills provide<br />

the raw material – sawdust. Customers<br />

are private households,<br />

combined heat and power (CHP)<br />

plants and <strong>SCA</strong> Östrand’s new<br />

lime kiln.<br />

In <strong>2011</strong>, <strong>SCA</strong> BioNorr delivered<br />

833 GWh of wood pellets.<br />

Forest­based biofuels<br />

<strong>SCA</strong> is one of Europe’s largest<br />

suppliers of forest­based biofuels<br />

Energy<br />

and delivers unrefined fuels such<br />

as branches and tops, bark, sawdust,<br />

and peat.<br />

In <strong>2011</strong>, <strong>SCA</strong> delivered<br />

3,200 GWh of unrefined biofuels,<br />

including sawdust, to <strong>SCA</strong>’s own<br />

production of pellets. Customers<br />

include <strong>SCA</strong>’s own industries,<br />

district heating plants and combined<br />

heat and power plants<br />

(CHP) in Northern and central<br />

Sweden.<br />

Wind power<br />

<strong>SCA</strong> is the owner of a substantial<br />

wind resource through its major<br />

land holding. The collaboration in<br />

Statkraft <strong>SCA</strong> Vind AB aims to<br />

generate just over 2,000 GWh<br />

and construction on the first wind<br />

farms commenced in <strong>2011</strong>. In the<br />

same year, the cooperation with<br />

Fred Olsen Renewables was<br />

launched, which also aims to<br />

generate 2,000 GWh of electricity.<br />

In addition, <strong>SCA</strong> is planning to<br />

conduct wind power operations<br />

on a proprietary basis.<br />

<strong>SCA</strong> Energy<br />

Manager Åke Westberg<br />

Director of marketing, biofuels Stefan Rönnqvist<br />

Manager, Wind power Milan Kolar<br />

Development manager, biofuels Anders Hultgren<br />

Number of employees 42<br />

Pellet capacity, tonnes Härnösand 160,000<br />

Stugun 20,000<br />

Certificates ISO 14001, FSC CoC<br />

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