Industr y Over view Survey Says… Optimism is high in the Canadian biomass industry, with a majority of respondents expecting revenues to increase in 2011. By Heather Hager T hE results are in for our first industry survey, giving a snapshot of current activity in the Canadian bio-mass industry. While reviewing the results, keep in mind that this was a non-scientific survey relying on the initiative of individuals to participate. Of 321 respondents, 253 completed all questions. For biomass consumers and generators, the scale of use ranged from 10 to 2-million oven-dried tonnes/year, with the larg-est fraction in the 10,000 to 100,000 oven-dried tonnes/year range. ment or service providers, sales and marketers, government em-ployees, and researchers. “Other” included engineers, educators, business and economic developers, funders, laboratory personnel, woodlot owners and licensees, and boiler operators and engineers. Where are they located? Saskatchewan 1% Newfoundland & Labrador 2% Manitoba 4% Nova Scotia 5% New Brunswick 7% Alberta 12% the resPondents Location of biomass business Who are the respondents? Woodlands Mill personnel supervisor /manager 4% 4% Harvesting contractor or biomass supplier 6% General manager 7% Forestry staff 7% Other 11% Researcher 4% Government 4% Sales/marketing 11% Equipment or service provider (including consultants) 17% Job Category President/VP/senior management/owner 25% British Columbia 31% Quebec 14% Ontario 24% Respondents were asked to select the category that best described their job title. A large proportion (but less than half) were equip-Not surprisingly, the majority of respondents’ Canadian enterpris-es were located in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. Less than 1% of respondents were from the Yukon. There were no re-spondents from Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, or Nunavut, even though biomass heating is well developed in areas of PEI and NWT. A small number of respondents were from out-side Canada (not shown). MAY/JUNE 2011 18 Canadian BIOMASS
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