in Brief... Biomass for NS Power Nova Scotia Power is considering a power purchase agreement for renew- able energy from biomass. The proposed project would involve NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. and Strait Bio-Gen, which would develop a 60 MW biomass-fueled electrical generation facility, taking advantage of existing infrastructure at the NewPage paper mill in Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton. More biomass power for BC Hydro BC Hydro and Tembec have agreed to the key commercial terms of an elec- tricity purchase agreement that will increase BC Hydro’s purchase of wood biomass-generated electricity from Tembec’s Skookumchuck pulp mill. Tembec will enhance its power plant operation to increase the amount of electricity provided to BC Hydro from 123 to 228 GWh/year. Gasoline produced from biomass Dynamotive’s research facility in Waterloo, Ontario, has successfully pro- duced significant amounts of renewable gasoline and diesel from biomass in a two-stage bio-oil upgrading process. The process involves the pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce bio-oil, which is then hydro-reformed to a gas-oil equivalent liquid fuel. The liquid fuel can be used directly in blends with hydrocarbon fuels or can be upgraded to transportation-grade liquid gasoline or diesel. Bioenergy power contract inked PG Interior Waste to Energy of Prince George, British Columbia, has signed a contract to supply electricity under phase 1 of BC Hydro’s bioenergy call for power. The plant will use beetle-killed timber and sawmill waste to pro- duce 8 MW of electricity to start. It will also produce charcoal and bio-oil. Electricity production is expected in 2010. First Nations considers biomass industry Biomass Secure Power and the Lower Nicola Indian Band, both of Brit- ish Columbia, signed a memorandum of understanding in April 2009 that proposes a joint venture to build a 15 MW co-generation plant and pellet mill. Biomass Secure Power is also working on two other BC proposals. BC funds bioenergy British Columbia’s Innovative Clean Energy Fund is providing more than $22.6 million to support 19 projects in rural and off-grid communities. Four of the projects use woody biomass to produce electricity and/or heat, and another will produce cellulosic ethanol and lignin. BC is also provid- ing $10 million in funding for eight liquid biofuels projects, two of which involve the production of cellulosic ethanol from woody biomass. PEI school uses wood pellets A biomass heating system demonstration project is now operating at École Évangéline in Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island. The school is now using a pellet-fuel furnace as its primary heat source, with a supplemental oil heating system. The $180,000 heating unit was funded by the provincial government through the Trust Fund for Clean Air and Climate Change. • Pneumatics • Size Reduction • Vibratory Feeders • Material Handling • Storage & Reclaim • Screening & Processing Allow our 30 plus years experience in the Pulp and Paper Industry work for you. 1.800.615.9296 398 Willis Road • Woodruff, South Carolina 29388 • www.jeffreyrader.com/bioc 8 CanadianBIOMASS JUNE 2009
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