Papeteries Palm, Palm’s French paper mill located in Descartes, France, has successfully started up its brand new power plant. The new combined heat and power plant operates a 12 MW gas turbine which generates the electricity requirements for the mill and within the same process enough steam for the drying cylinders of both paper machines PM 8 and PM 9.

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Papeteries Palm starts up new power plant at its paper mill in Descartes, France

Papeteries Palm, Palm’s French paper mill located in Descartes, France, has successfully started up its brand new power plant, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The new combined heat and power plant operates a 12 MW gas turbine which generates the electricity requirements for the mill and within the same process enough steam for the drying cylinders of both paper machines PM 8 and PM 9.

With an efficiency of over 90% the system is considered to be extremely environmentally friendly. The power pant is linked to the regional electricity infrastructure and compensates for seasonal variations in electricity demand.

Palm is one of the leading companies in the European paper industry.