Koskisen’s long-term partner Adolf Lahti has introduced a fully electric wheel loader at the Järvelä production facilities. The new fully electric wheel loader replaces the previously used diesel-powered machine. The machine is expected to run approximately 3,000 hours per year, which corresponds to a reduction of around 40,000 litres in fuel oil consumption.
The wheel loader will be used for site maintenance and for handling by-products such as wood shavings.
“During the demo tour, we gained a clear understanding of the machine’s performance and battery capacity. The wheel loader can also be used, where suitable, for log handling,” says Pekka Pöllänen, CEO, Adolf Lahti Yxpila Ab.
One of the key objectives of Koskisen’s sustainability programme is to reduce climate emissions. In addition to emissions from our own operations, such as those resulting from the use of fossil fuels, climate impacts also include emissions from raw material production, logistics, product use and end-of-life processing. The goal is to reduce emissions across both direct operations and the value chain.
“The commissioning of a fully electric wheel loader by Adolf is estimated to reduce machine contracting emissions in the mill area by about 100 tCO2e per year. It is a concrete example of cooperation that advances our shared objectives,” says Mikko Kivimäki, Manager, Logistics, Safety and Quality.
A significant source of emissions at Koskisen comes from transportation at the final stage of production. For example, with the new log sorter at the Järvelä sawmill, the transport of logs between Mäntsäläntie and Tehdastie is eliminated, significantly reducing transportation emissions. The annual reduction is a total of 600,000 kg CO₂/year, of which 310,000 kg CO₂/year comes from transfer trucks and 290,000 kg CO₂/year from loading and unloading operations.
