Boyer Paper Mill to slash carbon emissions by 97%

Tasmania’s Boyer Paper Mill will cut its carbon emissions by 97% after the federal government delivered on a A$24 million election promise to replace the site’s coal-fired boiler.

Federal Labor MP Rebecca White said A$14 million had been released last week to install an electric boiler at the mill, with the remaining A$10 million to be rolled out over the next three years. The decarbonisation project will eliminate 175,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent each year.

“The decarbonisation of the boiler here at Boyer is equivalent to taking one-third of combustion engines off Tasmania’s roads,” White said.

Boyer Mill general manager Patrick Dooley said the new electrode boiler is expected to be delivered late next year, with commissioning scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.

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Source: Pulse Tasmania