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| Author: | Korhonen, J. |
| Title: | Regional industrial ecology: examples from regional economic systems of forest industry and energy supply in Finland |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2001 : DEC, VOL. 63:4, p. 367-375 |
| Index terms: | Forestry industry Ecology Energy Supply Finland Scandinavia Europe |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Industrial ecology (IE) promotes the development of industrial systems based on recycling of matter and cascading of energy through cooperation. In this paper, the local/regional industrial ecosystem approach is reflected in two examples from Finland. The local forest industry system is based on renewable resources, waste materials and energy utilisation btw. forestry companies, a saw-mill, a pulp mill, a paper mill and a forest industry power plant. Waste energy from electricity production is used for production of heat and process steam. Regional city energy supply systems in Finland are also to a large extent arranged around power plants that utilise waste energy. The potential of combining the forest industry system with the energy supply systems of cities is considered and the conditions for success in the Finnish case are discussed. |
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