Ovako
Summary
For Ovako’s Imatra mill, the transition to fossil-free district heating will bring significant cost savings and reduce the mill's carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 1,600 tons per year.
The buildings outside Ovako Imatra’s industrial area, such as the head office, were connected to district heating in 2023, and now Imatran Lämpö Oy is expanding its distribution network to include the industrial area as well. Imatran Lämpö is the local producer and supplier of district heating.
Previously, the buildings in the mill’s industrial area were heated with steam, which required about 8 gigawatt hours (GWh) of natural gas annually. Going forward, the need for district heating will be roughly half of that.
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