BioMASS update pioneer biomass starts in cariboo Williams Lake, BC – Pioneer Biomass, a new subsidiary of the Pioneer Group, will soon be operational with funding sup- port from the Government of Canada’s Community Adjustment Fund and the Northern Development Initiative Trust’s Capital Investment and Training Rebate program. The Pioneer Group is a family- owned business that includes log homes, land development, logging, trucking, and forest management. Pioneer Biomass will use two custom-built horizontal grinders to produce wood fibre that will be sold for pellet production and hog fuel biomass for cogeneration plants in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. Emphasis will be placed on using mountain pine beetle logging waste. The federal government’s Community Adjustment Fund is providing $1.15 million towards the project. In addition, the Northern Development Initiative Trust has approved funding under the Capital Invest- ment and Training Rebate program to sup- port the creation of 24 jobs associated with the start-up. “This funding plays an impor- tant role in out ability to move forward ith this project,” says Marcel Therrien, director of Pioneer Biomass. Pioneer Biomass plans to begin operations in early 2010. Quality pellets, guaranteed. For perfect pellets the entire produc- tion system must work together flawlessly. Buhler enables total process control by providing a complete process design package and key equipment for drying, grinding, pelleting, cooling, bagging and loading. This, combined with Buhler’s integrated automation system, unrivaled after sales support and training provides a seam- less solution, guaranteed. in brief... More pellets for Newfoundland Cottles Island Lumber Company has invested in a pellet plant and is now supplying premi- um wood pellets to stores throughout Atlantic Canada. It is a family-owned business located 1 km south of Summerford, Newfoundland. It also offers various residential and commercial wood-pellet heating appliances. Buhler Inc., 13105 12th Ave N., Plymouth, MN 55441, T 763-847-9900 [email protected], www.buhlergroup.com New pellet plant in Alberta Edmonton-based Dansons is partnering with Sundance Forest Industries to make wood pellets from wood residue at Sundance’s mill in Edson, Alberta, located 200 km west of Edmonton. Initial production is estimated at 15,000 tonnes/year of pellets, with capac- ity increasing eventually to about 160,000 tonnes/year. BC biomass purchase agreement The Burns Lake Lakes District News reports that Tahtsa Timber has signed a 12-year, 2.5-million cubic-metres biomass purchase agreement with the Burns Lake Community Forest to supply a proposed pellet plant. New bioenergy locus Terrace, British Columbia, the location of a proposed wood pool, is being considered for development by various bioenergy companies. GV Energy of Calgary, Alberta, is considering the Skeena Industrial Development Park as the site of a new biorefinery to produce dimethyl ether from woody biomass. In addition, General Biofuels, an international company, is considering the region for a pellet plant that could start production in 2011. The solution behind the solution. MORE BIOMASS NEWS AT WWW.CANADIANBIOMASSMAGAZINE.COM 6 CanadianBIOMASS JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2010
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