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Biotalous – muuttuuko muu
kuin nimi?
Johanna Buchert
Luonnonvarakeskus
johanna.buchert@luke.fi
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Teppo Tutkija
10.9.2015
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Finland is
rich in
biomass
Forest biomass 100 million
m3/a:
• 20 million tn cellulose
• 15 million tn lignin
• 15 million tn hemicellulose
Agrobiomass
• grass and
straw etc. 4-5
tn/a
10/09/2014
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Towards a multiproduct bioeconomy
Sustainable utilization of the raw materials to various products with different values, no
waste production
Value
Cosmetics, food ingredients
Chemicals
Textiles
Materials
Paper, packaging
Volume
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Bioenergy
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Bioeconomy was reality already in the past, let’s
build on that
Case from Finland, 1980s
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Forest scenarios - How much green gold we have?
Aim
• To Assess the potential, cost-efficiency and impacts of
intensified management of Finnish forests in the future
Methods
• National forest inventory data: reliable information on forest
resources
• MOTTI simulator: calculation of alternative forestry
scenarios
• “Business as usual” (BAU), “Intensive management for high
quality raw material” (INT)
Removals
RESULTS
• Intensified forest management allows us to increase annual
harvesting removals by ca. 40% without notable decrease
in the volume of growing stock or carbon sequestration of
Finnish forests
• Intensive production of high quality raw material requires
increasing investments in silviculture
• In the long run, intensively managed forests are more
efficient in capturing carbon from the atmosphere than
extensively managed forests – climate impacts depend on
the use of removed carbon.
Carbon stock
Hynynen, J., Salminen, H., Ahtikoski, A., Huuskonen, S., Ojansuu, R., Siipilehto,
J., Lehtonen, M., & Eerikäinen, K. 2015. Long-term impacts of forest management on
biomass supply and forest resource development: a scenario analysis for Finland.
European Journal of Forest Research 134:415–431.
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Silver birch (Betula pendula) : Discovery of genes behind tree growth, architecture &
wood composition traits
Mendelian genetics of
single-gene mutant
phenotypes
Genetic & phenotypic diversity:
natural variation
Mutant screen
of inbred lines
Genetic and chemical
analysis
of wood and bark
Betulin compounds
Genes behind elite trees:
Plus-tree x Minus-tree
Candidate
Hybrids
gene between different Betula speci
X
es
Hybrids between different
Betula species
Exploiting the current mill as a biorefinery with different
business options for the side streams
Wood
Intermediates:
Specialty:
Pulp mill
Chips
Bark
Tall oil
Suberin and
tannin
Fatty acids
 Functional
 Water based
polymers
alkyds
 Fine chemicals
 Wood treatment
 Pharmaceuticals
agents
 Antioxidants
 Fuels
Pulp
Paper
Pulping liquor
Phenolics
Methanol
Carbohydrates
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Hydrogels
Chelators
Emulsifiers
Food ingredients
 Liquid fuels
 Polymers
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Or to generate a totally new multiproduct
mill with several main products
Renewable
raw
materials
•
•
Fibre platform
Nanostructures
•
Sugar
platform
•
Lignin
platform
Biomass
deconstruction
•
Lipid
platform
Processing
Fibres
Textiles
Chemicals
Fuels
Specialty materials
Polymers
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Combination of large-scale economy to small scale economy – Future
cellulose ecosystem
NOW
FUTURE
A. Kraft mill
ecosystem
Kraft mill
600 000 tn/a
C
420 M€/a
Value 420 M€/a
C
387 M€/a
60 000 tn/a
C
C
Value 558 ME
B. Multipurpose mill
300 000 tn/a
C
C
C
C
180 M€/a
L
H
C
Value 900 M€/a
E
Innovative ways to fractionate and
process biomass - a must for future
bioeconomy
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Tailored break down and build up
- novel materials and structures
from biomass
Hemicellulose film
Cellulosic adsorbent
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From bulk cellulose fibre to high
value cellulose fibres for textiles
Aalto: Ioncell process
VTT: Fibre yarn carpet
VTT: Fibre
yarn
VTT: Nanocellulose
fibres
10/09/2014
Aalto: Design
meets cellulose
2012
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Large strategic opening:
Design Driven Value Chains
in the World of cellulose
(DWoC)
Design – Business – Technology
Paperi ja Puu, 2003, Creating bioeconomy, s. 36-37
Puutuoteteollisuus
nousuun
- puumateriaalit
ja –tuotteet
Puumateriaalit
ja -tuotteet biotalouden
rakentamisessa
biotaloudessa
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High value low volume products –
Case Spruce pitch as raw material for antifungal
pharmaceutical products for human and veterinary use
www.repolar.com
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Haasteet ja mahdollisuudet
• Uusia kilpailukykyisia ja kuluttajien haluamia tuotteita
(uusilla teknologioilla)
– Brändäys
– Pienen volyymin ja suuren arvon teollisuuden
generointi bulkkiteollisuuden rinnalle
• Biomassan saatavuuden varmistaminen ja uudet raakaainelähteet
– Metsänomistuksen uudet liiketoimintamallitt
– Uudet puubiomassalähteet jalostuksella (”pohjoisen
euca”)
– Digitalisoinnin hyödyntäminen metsäbiotaloudessa
(”connecting bioeconomy”)
– Vahva tutkimus- ja innovaatiotoiminta varmistettava
• Uusien arvoverkkojen generointi kokeilualustojen
avulla
• Tutkimus- ja innovaatiorahoituksen varmistaminen
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Conclusions
Ref. Design meets Cellulose 2012
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