Hitting refresh ast year was a big one, both for the biomass industry and for us as a magazine. The year was brimming with new project announcements, technology investments, and plant openings. Pinnacle commissioned two new pellet plants and Skeena BioEner-gy’s pellet plant in Terrace, B.C. is full steam ahead, to name a few. From a policy perspec-tive, the Canadian govern-ment continued to rally behind clean technology, moving ahead with funding initiatives and its nation-al Clean Fuel Standard. In January, Canada became the 160th member of the Inter-national Renewable Energy Agency. Membership will mean more international visibility of our cleantech sector. As for the magazine, in the fall we cele-brated our 10th anniversary, reflecting on years past and looking forward to the next 10 years ahead. Reflection often inspires change, and I can report that year 11 is al-ready bringing a number of changes for us. For one, we have transitioned to a quarterly publication. As you may have already noted on our cover, Canadian Bio-mass is now publishing as Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall issues. Fewer pages is never something an editor wants to hear, but we’re changing with the times as more and more of our audience consumes our content online, as well as in the magazine. In this issue, our new associate editor, Ellen Cools, takes readers inside Pinnacle Renewable Energy’s newest pellet plant in Smithers, B.C., where safety is king. Read more on page 10. We also share the lat-est from a Canadian company developing bioplastics from wood on page 16. 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No liability is assumed for errors or omissions. All advertising is subject to the publisher’ s approval. Such approval does not imply any endorsement of the products or services advertised. Publisher reserves the right to refuse advertising that does not meet the standards of the publication. The new year has brought big changes for the magazine L INTRODUCING OPTIPELLET A second major change is taking place off the pages of the magazine or our web-site. We’re introducing a first-of-its-kind workshop: OptiPellet. Hosted by Canadian Biomass , with sup-port from our friends at the Wood Pellet Association of Canada, OptiPellet is focused on current and future state-of-the-art pellet production technology. Speakers will present on challenges and opportunities for automa-tion and optimization in wood pellet plants. OptiPellet is modelled after our OptiSaw forum for lumber producers put on by our sister publication Ca-nadian Forest Industries . The goal is a time-effective learn-ing and networking oppor-tunity for the pellet industry. To ensure the right people attend, registra-tion is limited to pellet plant management and owners, process engineers, continual improvement managers, optimization staff, researchers and design consultants. OptiPellet takes place in Richmond, B.C., on June 12, (co-located with Opti-Saw on June 13). It is conveniently timed the day after the Wood Products Safety Summit, put on by WPAC in partnership with WorkSafeBC and us as the media sponsor, in Prince George. Have ideas about what technology you want to see at OptiPellet? Email me at [email protected]. I hope to see you there! www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca 4 Canadian BIOMASS FEBRUARY 2016
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