BioMASS update biomass to gas, jet fueL Biomass-to-gasoline developer Core Biofuel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a renew-able energy project developer. The MOU provides for the development of four Core licensed biorefineries following a review of the Toronto-based company’s technology and pilot production of bio-gasoline. Meanwhile, company officials are checking out potential locations for biorefineries, including Houston, Terrace, and other forestry-based communities in northern British Columbia, according to several local news reports. The name of the project developer has not yet been revealed. Biomass-to-jet fuel developer Rentech has accepted an Ontario wood supply offer of 1,146,000 cubic-metres/year of wood fibre for its proposed Olympiad Project, to be developed in White River, northern Ontario. The company would use the wood to produce about 85 million litres/year of low-carbon, biodegradable, synthetic jet fuel and 43 million litres/year of renewable naphtha, which can be used to produce biodegradable plastics. The proposed Olympiad Liquid Fuels Plant would also produce approximately 40 MW of renew-able electricity from forest biomass. Rentech expects the plant to be completed in 2015. in brief... Ma ximize va lu e f ro m you r r aw m ate r ia ls. Fo r p e r fe c t b io m a s s a n d wo o d p r o d u c t s t h e e n t i r e p r o d u c t i o n s y s te m m u s t wo r k to g e t h e r flawle s s ly. Buhle r In c. a n d Buhle r Ae ro glide e na b le tot a l p ro c e s s c o ntrol with a c o mp lete e quip me nt packag e that in clu de s dr y ing, g r in ding, p e lleting, c o oling, bag ging a n d loading. T his, c o mb ine d with Buhle r’s inte g r ate d au to m atio n sys te m, un r iva le d af te r s a le s u p p o r t a n d t r a i n i n g p r ov i d e s a s e a m l e s s s o l u t i o n to b i o m a s s a n d wood p roc e s so r s. District heat funded A biomass-fuelled district heating system will be developed, tested, and commercialized in Sherwood Park, Alberta. The Canadian government is investing $1.5 million towards the Resource Industry Suppliers Association and Strathcona County for the project, with the latter two organizations each contributing $675,000. Testing torrefaction B u h l e r I n c ., 1310 5 12 t h Av e N ., P l y m o u t h , M N 5 5 4 41, 76 3 -8 47-9 9 0 0 b u h le r. m i nne a p ol i s @ b u h le rg r ou p . c o m , w w w. b u h le rg r ou p . c o m BioEnergy Inc., Cape Breton University, and Target Hydraulics and Machine Works have been awarded $1.7 million in funding to construct, test, and commercialize tor-refaction technology. Torrefaction creates a solid, hydrophobic product that weighs less than the original biomass and has physical properties more similar to coal. Plans for biomass industrial park EcoTech Energy Group has acquired the primary site for the ecoTech McBride eco-Industrial Park and its planned biomass-fuelled, combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The site is located northwest of McBride, British Columbia, and the finished eco-Industrial Park is expected to have a variety of tenants from initiatives requir-ing reliable and adequate heat and power services from the planned CHP plant. World’s largest pellet plant Russian pulp and paper company Vyborg-skaya Cellulose exported its first shipment of wood pellets in mid-March 2011 from its 900,000-tonne/year production plant in Vyborg, western Russia. The pellets were destined for a Swedish utility. Shipments of several thousand tonnes are expected to occur almost weekly. MAY/JUNE 2011 Innovations for a bet ter world. 6 Canadian BIOMASS
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