BIOMASS update TK’EMLUPS PROJECT STUDIES FIBRE SUPPLY Raven Biofuels Ltd and its joint venture partner, the Kamloops Indian Band, have retained a Canadian forestry consulting firm specializing in resource inventory and analy- sis to complete a comprehensive fibre study in conjunction with the Tk’emlups Biore- finery Project. The project is a proposed 11-million gallon/year integrated biorefin- ery to be located near Kamloops, British Columbia. The overall objective is to define the 20-year economic wood fibre feed to the planned Tk’emlups Biorefinery facility. This will involve defining the appropriate fibre at- tributes, completing a fibre supply overview, determining cost estimates for various fibre sources, identifying various fibre sourcing options, and providing recommendations to secure the required fibre economically. The study will focus on wood fibre economically accessible to Kamloops. This From Grinder to Chipper in Record Time! overview will include fibre from the Kam- loops Timber Supply Area (TSA), along with the Merritt, Okanagan, Lillooet, and 100 Mile TSAs. Fibre from private land, Indian reserves, tree farm licences, community forests, and woodlots will not be included in this study because of a lack of consistent publicly available data for these land tenures, and fibre in the form of mill residuals is not within the scope of this study. IN BRIEF... A Kenora, Ontario, lumber mill is ex- ploring the possibility of generating its own power from wood waste. Kenora Forest Products is studying the feasi- bility of establishing a biomass energy plant and wood pellet production facil- ity at the mill, with funding assistance of $24,218 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation under its Northern Energy Program. The mill an- nually produces 80 million feet of build- ing studs from spruce, pine, and fir. MORBARK® GRINDERS More Versatility. More Opportunity. Normally, high-quality chips and mulch are produced on separate machines, but with the Morbark® your market opportunities with a single Morbark® grinders on the market are now the most versatile with the introduction of the Morbark® Quick Switch Grinder-to-Chipper Conversion Kit. MORBARK® Horizontal Grinder-to-Chipper Conversion Kit. Turn grinder downtime into profit by modifying the hammermill of your Morbark® horizontal grinder in the field – without special tools or heavy equipment. Make the switch and produce high-quality biomass fuel chips in only a few hours! Go to Morbark.com/QuickSwitch to see a video demonstration or call 800-831-0042 for more information. Quick Switch, you can produce both products and virtually double grinder. The best horizontal Univeristy of Toronto forestry profes- sors Ning Yan and Mohini Sain were awarded $1,750,000 from the Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence Program for the development of a bark biorefining process to produce adhesives and foams. The research could have significant applications in the automotive and chemicals industries. The project has seven private sector partners: FPInnova- tions, the Woodbrige Group, Huntsman Corporation, Arclin, St. Mary’s Paper, Tembec, and AbitibiBowater. BUILDING EQUIPMENT THAT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES A proposed pellet plant for the former tobacco-growing region of southern Ontario would initially produce 50,000 tonnes/year of pellets and briquettes from agricultural, forestry, and wood product residues. Construction is pending the finalization of funding, with production expected by late summer 2010. 8 CanadianBIOMASS MARCH/APRIL 2010
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