WINTER 2020 10 14 FPInnovations and Resolute Forest Products’ new TMP-Bio plant in Thunder Bay, Ont., presents new industry opportunities for the wood products sector. Accessing new markets 16 Tsay Keh Dene Nation in northern B.C. looks to salvage bio-mass to reduce the remote community’s reliance on fossil fuels for heat and power. Down with diesel? 20 Canadian Biomass joined a group of just over 20 wood pellet stakeholders from North America and Europe on a tour of New Brunswick’s pellet producers, including one of Canada’s newest wood pellet facilities. Maritime makers B.C. forest company Tsi Del Del Enterprises, in partnership with Borland Creek Logging, began a biomass operation last summer grinding up salvage wood from harvesting residuals and old burn areas. 10 GRINDING BC 24 FutureMetrics’ William Strauss shares the annual global markets overview and forecast for both heating and industrial wood pellets. Firing demand “This project will be a powerful centrepiece for a remote community that will endure for decades.” 14 DEPARTMENTS 6 Industry news New products 24 28 Equipment spotlight – PEI’s boiler story 20 Read the full story on page 16 COLUMNS 4 Editorial 8 30 WPAC – Looking ahead to 2020 Final Thoughts Our Cover Tsi Del Del Enterprises and Borland Creek Logging workers are grinding slash piles roadside and transporting the wood chips to nearby Atlantic Power and Pinnacle Renewable Energy’s Williams Lake, B.C., pellet plant. Photo by Mitch Cheek, Solos Productions. Read the story on page 10. Canadian BIOMASS 3
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