BIOMASS CANADIAN 10 9 New Pellet Player 14 Right Time, Right Place 16 Ready to Run 20 Fully Integrated MAY/JUNE 2013 Through its acquisition of Fulghum Fibres, Rentech is slated to become the largest pellet manufacturer in Eastern Canada. CanBio chooses Sarnia biofuels and bio-chemicals conference to unveil its new team, expanded biomass focus. After a few upgrades, maintenance work, and re-establishing the fibre flow, Viridis Energy is almost ready to open Enligna’s former Nova Scotia pellet plant. Binderholz’ Fuegen operation produces a range of forest prod-ucts and pellets, all against an idyllic ski country setting. 10 WasTe NoT, WaNT NoT Use of Plasco Energy Group’s revolutionary waste conversion power technology moves forward in Ottawa, with plants in other countries also in the works. 16 9 20 “Sending garbage to Plasco eliminates the methane that would have been emitted through landfilling. Using the Plasco process also displaces the emissions that would have been created by power generation from sources such as coal or natural gas.” Read the full story on page 10 DEPARTMENTS 6 28 29 Biomass Update – News New Gear events & education coluMNS 4 8 30 editorial – Canadian Context WPaC – Local Heat Guest Column – Bio-hybrid Clusters Our Cover The Plasco MSW to power plant in Ottawa is gearing up to divert garbage from area landfills and replace coal and natural gas as a power source. Photo by Plasco. Story on page 10. Canadian BIOMASS 3
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