A reason for optimism 2017 begins with biomass in an advantageous position on page 18, the industrial wood pellet Canadian Biomass’ New Year’s resolution market is expected to grow significant-is to keep you well informed as we begin ly over the next several years with new what could be a record year for our indus-markets opening up in Japan, Korea, and, try. It’s easy to be optimistic. as a result of the aforementioned policies, We were watching closely in early Canada. China remains a December as Canada’s question mark, but even a provinces and territories nominal interest in wood signed on to the so-called pellets from the manufac-pan-Canadian climate deal. turing behemoth would The deal involves Canada ONE HOT create massive demand on going coal free by 2030, INVESTMENT supply. and requires all provinces North America’s heating and territories to imple-pellet market is also look-ment some form of carbon ing up as the price of crude pricing – a minimum of oil gradually increases. $10 a tonne – by 2018. ALSO If the trend continues as The $10 per tonne car-expected, wood pellets bon price is in line with should soon be the lowest international standards. cost fuel to heat homes. According to the World Bank’s State and Across the country biomass produc-Trends of Carbon Pricing 2016 , three quar-ers are making steady progress. On the ters of carbon prices globally are lower East Coast, Shaw Resources became the than US$10 per tonne. B.C. already first Canadian pellet producer to receive collects a carbon tax of $23 per tonne, Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) and, as of Jan. 1, Alberta is taxing $15 certification, a growing international per tonne. Extending the minimum tax certification scheme for woody biomass across the country will create a favour-used in industrial large-scale production. able environment for biomass producers In Ontario an algal biorefinery at a cement to offer their solutions to reduce the plant is now in demonstration phase, and volume of emissions created by other the same is true in Quebec for a biochar industries. technology created by Airex Energy. Airex Both carbon pricing and the coal-free is poised to commercialize an array of directive put wood pellet producers in a biochar products from its torrefaction mill strong position. There is a case to be made in Bécancour, Que. (read that story on for those remaining coal-fired power page 14). plants in Alberta, Saskatchewan, New There’s a hopeful bioenergy, if you will, Brunswick and Nova Scotia to phase-out gripping Canada and it should lead us to the coal by co-firing. The Wood Pellet many more exciting success stories over Association of Canada is hard at work the year to come. Stay tuned. convincing governments that co-firing Maria Church, Editor would allow those power plants to remain operational with minimal conversion required. 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