Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment

Metsä Group’s next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski will be operational within Q3/2017 and it will have significant regional economic impact on Central Finland. The mill will operate applying principles of circular economy, and thus utilize all possible side streams from pulp production. Lign...

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Main Author: Rannisto, Anna
Other Authors: Kauppakorkeakoulu, School of Business and Economics, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/51956
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description Metsä Group’s next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski will be operational within Q3/2017 and it will have significant regional economic impact on Central Finland. The mill will operate applying principles of circular economy, and thus utilize all possible side streams from pulp production. Lignin is one of the side streams that has huge potential to be refined, as sustainable products and by creating new value added. Conventionally, lignin is combusted with black liquor to generate energy in pulp mills. This thesis compares this conventional situation to refining lignin into biocomposite products made from 100% renewable resources with regard to regional economic and environmental impacts. Production impact, employment impact and income effects are estimated using input-output analysis (IOA) in order to estimate regional economic impact. Global warming potential and acidification potential are assessed applying the environmentally extended input-output methodology to estimate environmental impacts of the two cases. The key data was collected from the latest Finnish national input-output tables (2012) and Finnish national emission tables by industry (2012). Crucial information was also gathered from Metsä Group and the Department of Chemistry at University of Jyväskylä. The results of the study indicate that refining lignin has 9 to 14 times higher production impact, employment impact and income effects compared to combusting the same amount of lignin. The global warming and acidification potentials were also higher with refinement, but only 1.6 to 3 times. One of the key outcomes of the thesis is that the environmental impact cannot be assessed only by the applied method, but also e.g. carbon sequestration and possible product substitution must be taken into account in the assessment. For the region of Central Finland, refining lignin is interesting option compared to combusting lignin, for it would create significantly more jobs, value added, municipal taxes and multiplier effects. The refinement is aligned with Central Finland ́s Strategy 2040, and it would increase the innovation capital and export potential of the region. The intriguing environmental features of the biocomposite products are also interesting for the whole nation.
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spellingShingle Rannisto, Anna Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? : comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment : case Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski Metsä Group lignin biocomposite pulp production input-output analysis environmentally extended input-output analysis Bioproduct mill biotuotetehdas pulp mill Central Finland circular economy bioeconomy Johtaminen Management and Leadership 20424 kiertotalous biotalous bioteollisuus tehtaat taloudelliset vaikutukset ympäristövaikutukset ligniini Äänekoski
title Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? : comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment : case Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski
title_alt Comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment
title_full Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? : comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment : case Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski
title_fullStr Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? : comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment : case Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? : comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment : case Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski
title_full_unstemmed Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? : comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment : case Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? : comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment : case Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski
title_short Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin?
title_sort value added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment case metsä group s bioproduct mill in äänekoski
title_sub comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment
title_txtP Value-added bioproducts or renewable energy derived from lignin? : comparative regional economic and environmental impact assessment : case Metsä Group's bioproduct mill in Äänekoski
topic Metsä Group lignin biocomposite pulp production input-output analysis environmentally extended input-output analysis Bioproduct mill biotuotetehdas pulp mill Central Finland circular economy bioeconomy Johtaminen Management and Leadership 20424 kiertotalous biotalous bioteollisuus tehtaat taloudelliset vaikutukset ympäristövaikutukset ligniini Äänekoski
topic_facet 20424 Bioproduct mill Central Finland Johtaminen Management and Leadership Metsä Group biocomposite bioeconomy biotalous bioteollisuus biotuotetehdas circular economy environmentally extended input-output analysis input-output analysis kiertotalous ligniini lignin pulp mill pulp production taloudelliset vaikutukset tehtaat ympäristövaikutukset Äänekoski
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