BURNINGissues P Rawlings fuels cement kilns Missoula, MT – Rawlings Waste Wood Recovery Systems has com- pleted one of the first wood waste recovery systems in the United States to introduce biomass as fuel to heat cement kilns at Mit- subishi Cement in Lucerne Valley, California. The system is capable of processing 50 TPH, with stor- age of up to 250 tons of premium biomass fuel to be burned along with coal to reduce the amount of greenhouse emissions. Wood biomass will replace part of the annual tons of coal the plant would otherwise use. The Rawlings Electric portable wood hog is a rugged, high-performance hog that can reduce various types and sizes of contaminated wood waste to biomass fuel. Once the wood waste has been processed through the hog, the metal is removed by an overhead self-cleaning magnet and the biomass conveyed to a walking floor stoker storage sys- tem. To ensure the optimal size end product, the wood waste is processed over two vibrating fin- ger screens and then transferred to the kilns via a blower system. Rawlings Manufacturing has been manufacturing and installing the patented Rawlings Wood Hog and wood waste recycling systems for over 30 years. Both vertical and horizontal models are available in stationary, portable, and skid- mounted systems. whitefeatheR foRest initiative ikangikum, ON – Three northwestern Ontario First Nations and a Finnish company have teamed up to develop Two Feathers Forest Products (TFFP), a value-added enterprise. The Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, Pikangikum First Nation, Eagle Lake First Na- tion, and Finland-based Wood Tech Group Canada have proposed a project involving the development of manufacturing facilities at two sites northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Timber from the Whitefeather Forest at Pikangikum would be processed at a sawmill with 9.9 MW biomass cogen plant at Red Lake. Excess electricity would be sold to the power grid and the lumber sent 200 km south to Eagle Lake, near Dryden, to make pre- fabricated building components for export to Asia and Europe. The Eagle Lake facility would also have a wood pellet plant. In mid-July, TFFP released a draft Environmental Screening Report for public comment and review. An environmental assess- ment is required by the Canadian Envir onmental Assessment Act as a result of federal funding for the project, as well as the location of the project on First Nations land. Site preparation is awaiting final federal government approvals, with a view to beginning construction in 2011. CanadianBIOMASS 5
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