The 2013 production season was kicked off at Nordic Sugar’s factories this week. The factories in Sweden and Lithuania opened the season, followed by the two plants in Denmark. Nordic Sugar’s Finnish factory will start sugar beet processing on 1 October.
Nordic Sugar is still expecting the total sugar output to exceed the EU quota of 811,000 tonnes. The last part of the beet growth season has boosted the sugar content of beet in all countries, bringing the expected total sugar yield/hectare close to the average for the past five years.
Production season start also saw the commissioning of several new investments and improvements accomplished in the last couple of months. These include a new beet washer in Nykøbing and a steam dryer in Nakskov to be used in the factory’s feed production. The steam dryer saves energy by reusing steam from the sugar production in an almost closed circuit system. This process reduces the factory energy consumption by around 33%, while also reducing the CO2 emission by around 50,000 MW/year.
The steam dryer is the largest, single investment ever at the Nakskov sugar factory, and is evidence of the clear course we have set for achieving a still more energy-efficient production. A significant part of our investments are specifically earmarked for energy-saving projects. Such measures benefit both the environment, the climate and our competitiveness. We have already come far, as we have reduced our energy consumption by 40 percent and our CO2 emission level by 60 percent since 1990, but we will continue to explore and exploit the opportunities which new knowledge and technology offer to move further ahead, explains Senior Vice President Production Jesper Thomassen, Nordic Sugar.
The production season at the Nordic Sugar factories is scheduled to continue some time into January 2014.
Nordic Sugar is still expecting the total sugar output to exceed the EU quota of 811,000 tonnes. The last part of the beet growth season has boosted the sugar content of beet in all countries, bringing the expected total sugar yield/hectare close to the average for the past five years.
Production season start also saw the commissioning of several new investments and improvements accomplished in the last couple of months. These include a new beet washer in Nykøbing and a steam dryer in Nakskov to be used in the factory’s feed production. The steam dryer saves energy by reusing steam from the sugar production in an almost closed circuit system. This process reduces the factory energy consumption by around 33%, while also reducing the CO2 emission by around 50,000 MW/year.
The steam dryer is the largest, single investment ever at the Nakskov sugar factory, and is evidence of the clear course we have set for achieving a still more energy-efficient production. A significant part of our investments are specifically earmarked for energy-saving projects. Such measures benefit both the environment, the climate and our competitiveness. We have already come far, as we have reduced our energy consumption by 40 percent and our CO2 emission level by 60 percent since 1990, but we will continue to explore and exploit the opportunities which new knowledge and technology offer to move further ahead, explains Senior Vice President Production Jesper Thomassen, Nordic Sugar.
The production season at the Nordic Sugar factories is scheduled to continue some time into January 2014.
