BIOMASS update BIG INVESTMENT IN TINY PRODUCT Institutions across the country are looking to make Canada a leader in nanocrystal-line cellulose (NCC) production and application. NCC has high strength and surface area, and may be useful in diverse applications such as automotive compo-nents, paints, building materials, plastics, packaging, health care products, and en-ergy extraction, opening the door to new potential high-value markets that could benefit Canada’s forest industry. In late May, FPInnovations inaugu-rated two new NCC research laboratories in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, and installed new lab equipment at its Quebec City facility to investigate NCC and nanocom-posites. The $4.1-million investment is supported by the Ministère du Dével-oppement économique de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation du Québec and Natural Resources Canada. A state-of-the-art pilot plant, under the CelluForce joint venture of Domtar and FPInnovations, will produce NCC in a large-scale commercial demonstration plant with a production capacity of 3 kg/ day. It is under construction at Domtar’s pulp and paper mill in Windsor, Quebec, and should be operational in early 2012. The new facilities will produce NCC in sufficient quantities to supply FPInnova-tions’ and external research groups and will allow the development of new grades of NCC. In addition a new $5.5-million pilot plant in Edmonton, created through a pro-vincial-federal collaboration with industry, will use wood and straw pulp to create up to 100 kg/week of NCC for testing in commercial applications. The project proponents are Alberta Advanced Educa-tion and Technology, Western Economic Diversification Canada, Alberta Innovates, and Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries. BIOMASS COGENERATION PROGRAM Q uebec is developing a new program to purchase electricity produced by cogen-eration from forest residual biomass. The program will cre-ate up to 150 MW of electricity and will be open to all develop-ers of cogeneration plants of 50 MW or less that use residual forest biomass as feedstock. Hydro-Québec Distribution will purchase the electricity at a fixed price, estimated at 11 cents/kWh. The program is awaiting approval from the province’s government as well as the energy board (Régie de l’énergie). Material Handling for Woody Biomass UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA CANADA SWEDEN SWEDEN Biomass Handling Equipment Complete Engineered Systems Pulverized Coal Boiler Conversions CFB Boiler Feed Systems Silos Wood Hogs Disc Screens Open Storage Closed Storage Truck Dumpers Chain Conveyors Bucket Elevators Screw Conveyors Screw Reclaimers Pneumatic Conveying See our Biomass video at www.jeffreyrader.com/videoB USA: CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Jeffrey Rader Corporation 398 Willis Road Woodruff, SC, USA 29388 Phone: 864.476.7523 Fax: 864.476.7510 CANADA: Montreal, Quebec Jeffrey Rader Canada 2350 Place Trans-Canadienne Dorval, Quebec H9P 2X5 Canada Phone: 514.822.2660 Fax: 514.822.2699 CANADA: Vancouver, BC Jeffrey Rader Canada Unit 2, 62 Fawcett Road Coquitlam, BC V3K 6V5 Canada Phone: 604.299.0241 Fax: 604.299.1491 SWEDEN: Stockholm Jeffrey Rader AB Domnarvsgatan 11, 163 53 SPÅNGA Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 8 56 47 57 47 Fax: +46 8 56 47 57 48 For information on how Jeffrey Rader Corporation can solve your Biomass Handling needs, visit us at www.jeffreyrader.com/bio2 6 Canadian BIOMASS JULY/AUGUST 2011
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