BIOMASS update firSt nation ok'S Sea 2 Sky biomaSS Ferndale, WA – Sea 2 Sky Corporation has received the endorsement of the Lake Babine Indian Nation (LBN) of Burns Lake, British Co- lumbia, to proceed with agreements to develop Lake Babine biomass resources for alternative en- ergy uses in North America. LBN has substantial volumes of fibre under its control. It and other indigenous peoples have been in consultations with the BC Department of Forestry and various industry sectors to develop these resources to improve the local economy by salvaging pine- beetle-killed trees to provide employment for local people in the bioenergy industry. Sea 2 Sky would process the biomass locally for sale into the North American bioenergy mar- ket. LBN would provide the biomass. Sea 2 Sky is planning a local plant to produce pellets and other bioproducts. in brief... Northern Ontario pellet project progresses Atikokan Renewable Fuels aims to take delivery of pellet mills in January 2010 to begin wood pellet production in March, reports Thunder Bay’s Chr onicle Journal. An assembly plant to manufacture pellet machines is also planned for Thunder Bay, Ontario. About 110 jobs could be created at the two plants. First Nations buy BC sawmill The W illiams Lake T ribune reports that the First Nations communities of Ana- ham, Redstone, Stone, and Toosey have purchased the Sigurdson Brothers Saw- mill near Hanceville, British Columbia. The communities are exploring the possi- bilities of reopening the mill and building a bioenergy plant. Community members could be back to work by next summer if the economy continues to improve. Michigan pellet company is booming Michigan Wood Pellet Fuel is increasing its production and workforce to keep up with pellet demand, reports WZZM13. com. The company plans to fill two mil- lion bags of wood pellets in the next year, producing at 100% capacity. Ingleside pellets still in design Co-owners and brothers Stan and Dan Stasko broke ground for a new pellet plant in August 2009, reports Cornwall’s Standar d Freeholder. However, the WWW.WORLDBIOENERGY.COM $80-million facility remains in the design phase. The Canadian Bio Pellet plant will be located in Ingleside, about 20 km west of Cornwall, Ontario. The plant is li- censed to produce 360,000 tonnes/year of pellets when completed, with a planned capacity of 450,000 tonnes/year. NS approves Crown timber for NewPage biomass The province of Nova Scotia has ap- proved the sale of timber from Crown land to the proposed NewPage Port Hawkesbury biomass power facility in Cape Breton, reports the Chr Your contact in Canada: Scott Jamieson, E-mail: sjamieson@ annexweb.com, Phone: 519-429-5180 10 CanadianBIOMASS onicle Her - ald. The approval should allow NewPage Port Hawkesbury to move forward with the project, which would supply electric- ity to Nova Scotia Power. NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2009
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