Energetics produced this detailed technical report, which benchmarks current industrial processes and practices in the U.S. pulp and paper industry and characterizes the energy and environmental characteristics of the key technologies used.
Client Need
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program (DOE ITP) wanted to create a series of reports benchmarking the energy and environmental performance of industries that are vital to the U.S. economy but very energy intensive. The pulp and paper industry, one of the nation’s biggest consumers of fossil energy, employs large numbers of people, making it a key target for energy and productivity improvements.
Solution
Energetics’ analysts gathered data for the pulp and paper profile from the most currently available public sources, industry experts, and government reports. The team developed detailed descriptions of the key manufacturing processes and presented data aggregated for the entire industry as well as data at the process level. The final document synthesizes a large amount of information from a wide variety of sources into a single, clearly organized, and carefully researched report.
Results
Though the profile primarily informs industry-DOE collaborative research and development planning, it is also a valuable resource for research managers, policy makers, and industry analysts that need to gain a general perspective on the pulp and paper industry’s energy use, environmental emissions, and associated challenges and opportunities.