Biofuels

UPM builds the world’s first biorefinery producing wood-based biodiesel to Lappeenranta, Finland. The industrial scale investment is the first of its kind globally.

UPM Lappeenranta biorefinery will produce annually approximately 100,000 tonnes of advanced second generation biodiesel for transport. The main raw material is crude tall oil, which is a residue of chemical pulp production.

Construction of the biorefinery will begin in the summer of 2012 at UPM’s Kaukas mill site and will be completed in 2014. UPM’s total investment will amount to approximately EUR 150 million.