Europe’s largest biocoal production unit starts operations
In Finland, Joensuu Biocoal, the biocoal production facility developed by Taaleri Bioindustry, has begun production, and the first deliveries to customers have been made. The production capacity is 60,000 tonnes of torrefied biomass, also known as biocoal, and is the largest-of-its-kind single biocoal production unit in Europe.
Taaleri Group is a Nordic investment and asset manager that focuses on businesses with industrial-scale opportunities within the bioindustry and renewable energy sectors.
Taaleri Bioindustry offers a concept in which clients using biocoal do not need to make significant investments in new equipment. Instead, biocoal is a drop-in product, meaning it can almost directly replace coal in industrial processes.
Integrated heat recovery
The production facility is located in Joensuu, Finland, next to the Savon Voima combined heat and power (CHP) plant.
The surplus energy generated during biocoal production is utilised for district heating.
Construction of the facility began in 2023, and the plant was completed at the end of 2024.
During 2025, the facility produced test batches and ramped up operations.
This is a significant step on our biocoal journey. Taaleri is among the first in the world to have developed and scaled an industrial-scale biocoal production facility, said Iiro Tiilikainen, Project Director at Taaleri Bioindustry.
Taaleri is currently exploring opportunities for new biocoal investments in Canada. Taaleri Bioindustry is one of the first private equity owner-operators in the Finnish bioindustry market.
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