Stora Enso to build a pilot facility for producing biobased carbon materials for energy storage
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Stora
Enso will build a pilot facility for producing biobased carbon materials (hard
carbon anodes for lithium-ion batteries with properties similar to graphite)
from lignin. This investment further strengthens Stora Enso’s opportunities to
replace fossil-based and mined raw materials as well as to connect sustainable
materials to ongoing technology innovations. Decisions about commercialisation
will follow after evaluating the results of the pilot-scale production.
Press release: “Stora
Enso invests in producing bio-based carbon materials for energy storage”, 19/7/2019.
Figure 1. Lineo™ (taken from the Stora Enso’s
website)
Location
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Stora
Enso’s Sunila Mill in Finland.
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Investment
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10 M€.
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Feedstock
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Lignin
produced at Sunila Mill (Lineo™).
Stora Enso has been producing lignin
industrially there since 2015. The mill’s annual production capacity is 50,000
tons (Stora Enso is the largest kraft lignin producer in the world).
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Products
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Wood-based
carbon.
Crucial
component in batteries typically used in consumer electronics, the automotive
industry and large-scale energy storage systems.
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Timeline
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The
construction of the pilot facility will begin before the end of 2019 and is
estimated to be complete by early 2021.
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