Metsä Group to focus increasingly on carbon capture

Metsä Group to focus increasingly on carbon capture

Metsä Group’s production units annually generate around 12 million tonnes of wood-based carbon dioxide, and the company is increasingly focusing on promoting its large-scale capture.

If carbon capture proves viable, it will provide the forest industry with a new high-volume wood-based raw material that can be used to replace fossil-based materials.

The first survey exploring what the large-scale carbon capture from the bioproduct mill’s flue gases would mean for Metsä Group as a technology and in terms of energy will be completed this autumn.

Next year, Metsä Group will carry out pioneering work by piloting carbon capture at the Rauma pulp mill with ANDRITZ, a technology company.

If implemented, carbon capture would open up opportunities for a significant new chemical industry in Finland and boost the Finnish hydrogen economy.

Kaija Pehu-Lehtonen has been appointed project director of Metsä Group’s carbon capture project
Kaija Pehu Lehtonen has been appointed project director of Metsä Groups carbon capture project

For further information, please contact:

Sari Pajari-Sederholm, EVP, Strategy, Metsä Group, tel. +358 40 720 2923
Katariina Saelan, SVP, Communications, Metsä Group, tel. +358 40 829 9455

Metsä Group – www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group has its roots in the Finnish forests: our parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative is owned by over 90,000 forest owners. We use wood to make recyclable products for the day-to-day lives of millions of people globally. We focus on wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, paperboards, and tissue and greaseproof papers. We are committed to the principles of regenerative forestry to measurably strengthen the state of forest nature. We promote a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. In 2023 our sales totaled EUR 6.1 billion, and we have around 9,500 employees.

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