Stora Enso's Skoghall mill has managed to reduce its electricity bill by 17.3 million Kronor, while Södra Cell has reported energy efficiency improvements of 27 million kilowatt hours (kWh) per year.

As part of the Swedish energy-enhancement program PFE, Stora Enso's Skoghall mill, located outside Karlstad, has reduced its electricity bill by approximately 17.3 million Kronor per year, or 42 million kWh per year.

The saving corresponds to 2,000 electrically heated single-family homes. In monetary terms, electricity-cost savings of 17.3 million Kronor are being generated. In addition, electricity tax is reduced by 5.2 million Kronor per year, due to the mill participating in the PFE program. Leif Löfgren, energy engineer at Skoghall said, “PFE is an excellent example of a state program that benefits companies and society as a whole.”

Albin Andersson, Energy Coordinator at Södra commented, “We are really pleased. The PFE program has most definitely accelerated our change process.”

The final report from the Swedish Energy Agency indicates that the program has resulted in total electricity savings of 1.4 terawatt hours (tWh). This figure corresponds to the annual energy consumption of a city the size of Uppsala (with a population of about 180,000). Furthermore, it says it is more than double the amount initially expected.