A process (44) for the production of pulp and paper (28), recycling of
cooking chemicals (3, 29), combustion of biomass (30, 37) and generation
of heat and electric energy (27, 40) comprising a pulp and paper mill
(28), in that the part of the process which is recycling cooking
chemicals is adjusted from combustion (29) to gasification (3) to
generate synthesis gas (14); and that biomass is added (33, 39) in an
amount sufficient for compensating of the decrease in heat and
electricity generation as a consequence of the generation of synthesis
gas (14).