Prime Minister António Costa visited the Caima cellulosic fiber production unit, of the Altri Group, to see in loco the progress in the construction of the new biomass plant in Portugal.
The new boiler, which should be completed and operational by the end of this year, represents a total investment of over Euro 40 million, one of the largest in the interior of Portugal, with the Recovery and Resilience Program financing.
Through this investment, “Caima will become the first cellulosic fiber factory in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the first in Europe to operate without the use of fossil fuels”, said José Soares de Pina, CEO of Altri.
The new plant will increase the energy production capacity from Caima's residual forest biomass, allowing it to meet all of the factory's thermal energy needs, but will also reinforce the injection of green energy into the energy grid.
Caima will see its production capacity reinforced and will be able to produce acetic acid and fulfural for industries such as, among others, cosmetics.
Altri is a leading Portuguese eucalyptus pulp producer and one of the most efficient European producers.
