Abstract
Augusta Newsprint undertook a plant-wide energy efficiency assessment of its Augusta, Georgia, plant in 2001. The assessment helped the company decide to implement five energy efficiency projects. Four of the five projects will save the company 11,000 MWh of electrical energy (about $369,000) each year. The remaining project will produce more than $300,000 annually, from sale of the byproductturpentine. The largest annual savings, $881,000, will come from eliminating Kraft pulp by using better process control. All of the projects could be applied to other paper mills and most of the projects could be applied in other industries.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/BR-840-32837
Other Report Number
- DOE/GO-102003-1645
Keywords
- Augusta
- Augusta Newsprint Company
- case study
- Georgia
- industrial energy efficiency
- plant-wide assessments
- process control
- pulp
- recycled newspaper plant
- RNP
- thermo-mechanical pulp
- TMP
- turpentine
