On February 15, Papernet reported that Metsä Botnia had decided to invest approximately 20 million Euros in Joutseno pulp mill. The investment in a new gasification plant will replace fossil fuel, used in the lime kiln, with biofuel manufactured of bark.Now Andritz reports it has been selected to provide the gasification plant. The 48 MW plant will generate green fuel gas from local biomass, thus making the mill independent of fossil fuels. After completion scheduled for September 2012, the mill will solely use renewable fuels as energy sources and fully replace all fossil fuels in the mill’s lime kiln during normal operations. Andritz’ scope of supply includes engineering, equipment, erection, start-up, and optimization of the entire gasification process.