Natural Resources Canada earmarked 6.45 million Canadian dollars to support six projects in British Columbia aimed at promoting innovation and diversification in forestry and supporting cooperation with indigenous communities, several of which involve biomass energy.
Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources, said: "Technology and innovation have brought our forest sector into a new era, and adopting new approaches to renewable forest resources will help to ensure that Canada's forestry sector continues to play a role in the economy Key role and contribution to climate change. '
Pacific Bioenergy Price George Limited Partnership was awarded $ 3.19 million for the implementation of a biomass enhancement system that will allow the use of multiple sources of biomass including forest residues to produce high quality wood at its Prince George pellet plant Particles. Their cleaning system removes debris such as dirt and stones, which, according to the Canadian Department of Natural Resources, could significantly reduce costs if the system is integrated into existing particle plants. Extra firewood to reduce the probability of wildfires.The project is expected to provide job security for 52 existing staff and create as many as 14 new jobs in the Prince George area.
The Tsay Keh Dene Biomass Thermal Power Project received a grant of $ 25,000 to assess the feasibility of using bioenergy to reduce dependence on diesel fuel in the Tsay Keh Dene community The biomass power plant will use Organic Rankin Cycle technology with fuel from Woodland near Williston Reservoir and excess waste will be used to analyze energy consumption and financial viability and enable communities to make recommendations to clean energy companies.
Gitxsan Development, Inc. received $ 1.165 million for implementing a series of surveys and activities that laid the groundwork for the Gitxsan people to benefit from major resource projects built around them. GDC is also partnering with local indigenous partners BC Hydro and BC Northern Health to provide biomass heating demonstration project to a hospital in Haida Gwaii.
Kwadacha First National earns US $ 143,000 for two projects and Natural Resources Canada donates US $ 98,000 to support a community CHP bioenergy system that will be powered by local forest biomass. For district energy systems connected to homes such as community schools and will be reviewed in the amount of US $ 45,000 to prepare a report on the experiences and lessons learned from community successful green energy initiatives using wood killed by local beetles As fuel for combined heat and power plants Kwadacha finds that finding ways to deal with residual wood waste is a challenge associated with heating bioenergy and will also complete a feasibility study to investigate how to make use of bio-energy plant by-product wood waste .
