Metsä Group advances wood-based carbon capture plant in Finland to dr…

Metsä Group has initiated a pre-engineering phase for what could become the first commercial-scale facility dedicated to capturing biogenic carbon dioxide derived from wood. The proposed plant would be located at the company’s pulp mill in Rauma, marking a significant step in advancing carbon capture solutions within the forest industry.

The planned facility is designed to capture approximately 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. This carbon dioxide would be extracted from flue gases generated during pulp production. The initiative represents an early but important move towards scaling up wood-based carbon capture across the company’s operations.

The captured carbon dioxide is expected to be repurposed. It can serve as a raw material in industries such as chemicals and fuels. This substitution could reduce reliance…