When complete, the project is expected to save 100,000,000 kilowatt-hours per year. The energy savings from the completed project will save enough energy to serve approximately 8,000 Northwest homes. The first phase of the project was completed in June 2011 and the second and final phase is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2013.
Two partners in the North Pacific Paper Corp., the largest newsprint and publication-paper factory in North America, are pouring $60 million into reducing the facility’s energy use by 6 percent, or 12 megawatts yearly.
The facility is usually called NORPAC, and supplies paper for newspapers in Washington and Japan, as well as for well-known books including the "Twilight" series.
