# Metsä Board inaugurates new recovery boiler and turbine at Husum pulp mill

Metsä Board inaugurated a new recovery boiler and turbine at its Husum pulp mill in Sweden on 3 May 2023, part of a €380 million investment that started up at the end of 2022, increasing bio-based energy production and electricity self-sufficiency to over 80%.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-05-03
- Where: Husum, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
- Value: $420.0M (380.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Dec 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 330 GWh/year additional electricity production
- Products: pulp, paperboard
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Metsä Board](https://endata.com/companies/6373.md)
- [Valmet](https://endata.com/companies/244.md) (supplier)
- [Siemens](https://endata.com/companies/301.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [metsagroup.com](https://www.metsagroup.com/metsaboard/news-and-publications/news/2023/metsa-board-husum-inaugurates-new-recovery-boiler-and-turbine/), 2023-05-04: "The total value of the investment was approximately EUR 380 million."
- [metsagroup.com](https://www.metsagroup.com/metsaboard/news-and-publications/articles/husum-plant-takes-electricity-self-sufficiency-to-a-new-level/), 2023-06-08: "The target is to increase Husum's electricity self-sufficiency from 50% to 80%."

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