If successful, the six month pilot project will capture a tonne of CO2 a day from the gases produced when renewable power is generated using biomass at Drax.» Read more...
A worker at West Fraser’s Chasm Sawmill division was doing maintenance work inside a wood shavings bin when he was engulfed by sawdust and needed to be rescued.» Read more...
The Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus in Truro, N.S., has upgraded its biomass energy plant by adding an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system.» Read more...
The company is working with the University of Guelph's Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC) in Ontario to develop a new biocomposite material from resin and natural fibres derived from agricultural waste.» Read more...
The Wood Pellet Association of Canada held a workshop on conducting incident investigations last week. WPAC executive director Gordon Murray shares details about this great safety initiative in the pellet industry.» Read more...
A methodology was recently developed that uses satellite imagery to estimate availability of logging residue across Canada, and includes evaluation of imagery estimates with field data from a large number of plots.» Read more...