The European pulp and paper industry in transition to a bio-economy: A Delphi study

Toppinen, Anne; Pätäri, Satu; Tuppura, Anni; Jantunen, Ari

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2017.02.002

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“…It should not be forgotten that the pulp and paper industry is very conservative and it is more focused on protecting existing business structures [36]. Therefore, the needed transition towards biorefinery concepts to provide access in new value chains and transformations to more efficient milling technologies are slower than they should be to maintain competitiveness [37][38][39]. This fact has to be attributed to the high capital and energy intensive character of the sector along with the close dependence on energy prices, which make it difficult to realize industrial changes in a short timeframe [40].…”

Section: Pulp and Paper Millsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forest Biomass Availability and Utilization Potential in Sweden: A Review

Kumar

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Jones

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Waste Biomass Valor

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In recent years, there has been a growing interest in many parts of the world for more effective biomass utilization due to legislative and public interest in sustainable development. Whilst much of the effort has been on energy generation from biomass, there is considerable interest on biomass availability and utilization for other end uses. With about 1% of the world's commercial forest areas, Sweden provides about 10% of the sawnwood, and pulp and paper that is traded on the global market. The Swedish agricultural sector also contributes to biomass availability, not only by production of sustainable food crops, but also by utilizing side streams and underutilized land for biomaterial purposes. To meet the challenges that climate change presents, there has to be a shift to sustainable biomass production and increased interest in promoting a circular bioeconomy.Waste and Biomass Valorization 1 3 utilization by the Swedish forest products industries, including biorefineries within the Swedish context.

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Section: Pulp and Paper Millsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forest Biomass Availability and Utilization Potential in Sweden: A Review

Kumar

Αδαμόπουλος

Jones

et al. 2020

Waste Biomass Valor

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“…In particular, we showed a transformative stream resulting in the construction of a creative disruption platform and the embracement of digital solutions (Watanabe et al, 2017). While this analysis provides new insight into a forest-based bioeconomy within a digital economy, digitalization does not stop the transformation stream as the PPI produces more diversified products (Toppinen et al, 2017) such as biofuels, biocomposites, biochemical and renewable materials for plastic industry. In addition, actors from different sectors interact and play different roles (Giurca et al, 2017), and all stakeholders involved in the forest-based bioeconomy should be considered (Mustalahti, 2018).…”

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Digitalized bioeconomy: Planned obsolescence-driven circular economy enabled by Co-Evolutionary coupling

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Neittaanmäki

2019

Technology in Society

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Driven by digital solutions, the bioeconomy is taking major steps forward in recent years toward achievement of the long-lasting goal of transition from a traditional fossil economy to a bioeconomy-based circular economy.The coupling of digitalization and bioeconomy is leading towards a digitalized bioeconomy that can satisfy the shift in consumers' preferences for eco-consciousness, which in turn induces coupling of up-down stream operation in the value chain.Thus, the co-evolution of the coupling of digitalization and bioeconomy and of upstream and downstream operations is transforming the forest-based bioeconomy into a digital platform industry.Aiming at addressing this transformation, a model was developed that explains above mentioned dynamism and demonstrated its reliability through an empirical analysis focusing on the development trajectory of UPM (forest-based ecosystem leader in Europe and a world pioneer in the circular economy) over the last quarter century, highlighting its efforts towards planned obsolescence-driven circular economy.It was comprehended that with the advancement of digital innovations, UPM has incorporated a self-propagating function that accelerates digital solution. Furthermore, this self-propagating function was triggered by coupling with a downstream leader, Amazon, in the United States.The dynamism in transforming a forest-based bioeconomy into a digital platform industry is thus clarified, and new insights common to all industries in the digital economy are provided.

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“…During recent decades, the conditions for the European pulp and paper industry have hardened. Despite a relatively stable total global demand for pulp and paper products (reduced demand for printing paper, in particular newsprint, is compensated by an increased demand for packaging paper and paperboard, as well as for soft paper), the European industry has become more exposed to changes related to global competition from lower cost regions (Latin America and Southeast Asia in particular), higher costs for feedstock and energy, and an increasing complexity of industry regulation [51]. As a result, European pulp and paper production has seemingly stagnated during the last few decades, diminishing to a level significantly lower than the peak before the financial crisis in 2007-2008, and with a steadily declining number of pulp and paper mills [52].…”

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Energy System Models as a Means of Visualising Barriers and Drivers of Forest-Based Biofuels: An Interview Study of Developers and Potential Users

2017

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Forest-derived biofuels have been on the agenda for several decades. Despite extensive research and development efforts, forest biofuel concepts have nevertheless not yet been realized on any significant scale. The discrepancy between the expectations from the research community and the lack of momentum regarding biofuel production raises the question of if and how research results can be used to achieve such goals. Here, we report results from an interview study with the aim of evaluating how energy system models can be used to illustrate barriers and drivers for forest biofuels, with focus on Swedish conditions, using the BeWhere model as case. The study is framed as an example of expertise, and problematizes how energy system models are interpreted among expected users. While the interviews revealed some general scepticism regarding models, and what kinds of questions they can answer, the belief was also expressed that increased complexity might be an advantage in terms of being able to accommodate more barriers against forest biofuels. The study illustrates the complexity of this policy area, where an energy system model can answer some, but never all, 'what if . . . ?' questions. The results reveal a need for reformation in energy system modelling in order to more explicitly make society the subject of the work, and also illustrate that the belief in expertise as a tool for consensus-building in decision-making should be questioned.

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The European pulp and paper industry in transition to a bio-economy: A Delphi study

Cited by 96 publications

References 33 publications

Forest Biomass Availability and Utilization Potential in Sweden: A Review

Forest Biomass Availability and Utilization Potential in Sweden: A Review

Digitalized bioeconomy: Planned obsolescence-driven circular economy enabled by Co-Evolutionary coupling

Energy System Models as a Means of Visualising Barriers and Drivers of Forest-Based Biofuels: An Interview Study of Developers and Potential Users

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