BioMASS update Bc awards $8 millioN for reNewaBle eNergy projects British Columbia’s Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund recently awarded a total of $8 million to twelve new projects that support the development of new clean energy tech-nologies. The ICE Fund helps project devel-opers demonstrate the viability of their pre-commercial clean technologies. Three of the twelve proponents were awarded $1 million each towards woody biomass projects. Na-tions Energy is planning a commercial-scale torrefaction plant. Pytrade Canada will build a fast-pyrolysis plant to produce pyrolysis oil, which could be used to generate electricity for the grid. The Tsay Keh Dene First Nation will produce heat and electricity from wood waste to reduce its reliance on diesel energy. correctioN In the article Grow your own feedstock, July/August 2011, the willow planta-tion is estimated to produce on average 200 dry tons of wood chips annually beginning three years after planting, and not 1500 tons of chips over a three-year period, as was indicated. A hammer blow to your operating costs. The hammer mill Granulex™ is the new dynamic grinding machine from Buhler. Designed for ultimate power, Granulex™ delivers high capacity grinding up to 15 t/h for wood and 75 t/h for biomass. Heavy design and supreme ease of maintenance minimize downtime, so you can make maximum use of this productivity. It’s an investment in quality that is sure to show a rapid return – and deliver a hammer blow to your operating costs. iN Brief... Quebec offers biomass for harvest The Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife has issued a request for proposals to allocate available forest biomass in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. Documents are available at www.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/ forests/business/companies-transfor-mation-biomasse.jsp. Buhler Inc., 13105 12th Ave N., Plymouth, MN 55441, 763-847-9900, [email protected], www.buhlergroup.com Beetle moves into New Brunswick Photo: Government of Canada Granulex TM High capacity hammer mill DFZP. Powerful 500 hp (400 kW) motor for high capacity grinding. Largest screen area of any 500 hp hammer mill reduces wear of screens and hammers. Screens and hammers designed for replacement by a single person in less than 30 minutes. Smooth running sliding doors on both sides for fast and easy maintenance. Very high rotor speed for superior grinding effi ciency. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has con-firmed the pres-ence of the brown spruce longhorn beetle (BSLB) near a campground within the Kouchibouguac National Park in New Brunswick. This is the first find of BSLB outside Nova Scotia. CFIA suspects that the pest was transported on firewood. This new find is nearly 165 km away from the closest BSLB site, located in West-chester Station, Nova Scotia. Since its discovery in Nova Scotia in 1999, the beetle has killed thousands of spruce trees there, and it has the potential to spread through the spruce forests of North America. The most important way to limit its spread is to avoid transporting spruce materials such as spruce firewood. Innovations for a better world. More news at www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca 8 Canadian BIOMASS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011
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