Domtar building $40M biomass cogen at South Carolina mill

By James McLaren, Senior Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2009 (RISI) - Domtar began construction this week of a new $40 million, 45-MW biomass cogeneration plant at its uncoated freesheet mill in Bennettsville, SC.

The new plant when completed next year will double the 20-year-old mill's biomass consumption and raise its energy self-sufficiency to 95%, local press reports noted. Energy savings will be about $14 million annually.

The Marlboro mill has capacity for 391,000 tons/yr of uncoated freesheet on one machine.