Energy Strategy

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Energy Strategy
NewPage Corporation
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Energy Strategy

• Reduce specific energy usage through efficiency
  improvements and energy conservation projects
• Reduce energy costs by moving from high cost
  natural gas to lower cost fuels
• Reduce green house gases by moving from fossil
  fuels to renewable fuel sources.

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Reduce Specific Energy
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Reduce Specific Energy

• Reduce Energy Needs
• High efficiency motor, pumps, agitators.
• Variable speed drives.
• New lighting systems
• Better water reuse and reduced effluent flow.
• Increase Efficiency
• Reduce downtime and system upsets
• Improved yield
• Future projects
• Energy capture from pinch point analysis
• Higher efficiency equipment

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Reduce Energy Costs
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Reduce Energy Costs

• Reduce Energy Cost
• Specific Energy Reduction efforts reduce the need
  of the higher cost incremental fuels.
• Minimize the use of back-up natural gas boilers.
• Maximize the burning of biomass fuels
• Increase Fuel Efficiency
• Future Project
• Replace natural gas in boiler and kiln
  applications with low cost synthesis gas from
  other fuels.

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Reduce Green House Gases

• Chicago Climate Exchange Founding Member
• Agreed to a Phase I (December 2006) reduction of
  4 from a 1998-2001 baseline
• Achieved a 11 reduction at the end of Phase I
• A shift to more biomass and reducing specific
  energy needs in the future.

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Conclusion

• Exciting projects exist that improve the energy
  efficiency of our mills as well as reduce the
  green house gases.
• Need an economic and regulatory climate where we
  can bring this projects to fruition.