BioMASS update Wood fibre inventory for future pellets Roddickton-Bide Arm, NL – The government of Canada is providing $1.18 million to assist Northern Peninsula Forest Resource Association Inc of Newfoundland in developing an inventoried wood lot in support of a new wood pellet facility located in the town of Rod- dickton-Bide Arm. The funding for the project comes from the Community Adjustment Fund. “This initiative represents a strategic investment in a project that will assist the development of a new wood pelletizing plant which is expected to start production in the fall of 2010 and which brings important value-added capacity to the regional forest industries sector,” says Senator Fabian Manning on behalf of the Honourable Peter MacKay, minister responsible for New- foundland and Labrador. The project is of importance to some 20 local business operations that employ about 150 people in the forest indus- try. Business and community leaders in the Roddickton-Bide Arm area have identified this project as a strategic opportu- nity to support the creation of additional employment in the region. The inventory of wood fibre will serve as feedstock for the local wood pelletizing facility, which will produce pel- lets for both the domestic and international markets. Hydro-Québec accepts cogen poWer Montreal – Hydro-Québec has accepted eight bids for a total of 60.7 MW in response to its April 14, 2009, call to purchase power generated by biomass co- generation in Quebec. Electric- ity deliveries are scheduled for December 1, 2012. The average price of the winning bids is 11.2 cents/kWh, including 0.4 cents/ kWh for transmission costs. The projects call for capital expenditures of about $180 mil- lion, plus another $39 million for transmission infrastructure. According to the original call for tenders, the biomass used within the new cogeneration in- stallations has to correspond to a minimum of 75% of the com- bustible used for the electricity FROM WASTE TO WATTS: THE BELTRAN BIOMASS GASIFICATION SYSTEM Beltran’s advanced technology converts carbon-based waste into profitable bioenergy, biofuels and co-products your company can use now! • Biomass feedstock-flexible system can use low-value agricultural, animal, industrial, wood or municipal wastes. • Produces clean-burning, multi-use synthesis gas, combined heat & power (CHP), biofuels, hydrogen, marketable chemicals. • Advanced gasification reactor, wet electrostatic precipitator and engine-generator are closely integrated for optimum efficiency. BELTRAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Beltran Technologies, Inc. 1133 East 35th St., Brooklyn, NY 11210 USA 718.338.3311 • Fax: 718.253.9028 [email protected] www.beltrantechnologies.com • Scalable, adaptable solution for harvesting safe, renewable energy, reducing pollution and CO2, and turning costly waste into sustainable profit. Ask for our free TECH REPORT, From Waste to Watts. CanadianBIOMASS 5 production of these installations. The terms of the contracts could range from 15 to 25 years. Hydro-Québec Distribu- tion is working with the project proponents to finalize the contracts, which will then be submitted to the Régie de l’énergie for approval. The proponents are responsible for obtaining all necessary permits prior to the start of construc- tion. Three companies were selected to provide 20 MW of power generated from landfill methane. One company will provide 7.8 MW from two biodigesters. The remaining 32.9 MW will be provided by three companies using residual forest biomass.
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