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FESBC grant helps community forest recover waste fibre to be used as biofuel

In partnership with Ledcor Group and Arrow Transportation Systems Inc., FESBC and the Clinton Community Forest aimed to recover as much burned and waste fibre as possible. $512,000 in funding was provided to recover and utilize 32,000 cubic metres of low-quality residual fibre.


BioNB, partners, launch virtual tour series to highlight Atlantic Canada’s bioeconomy

BioNB, along with its partners the Nova Scotia Innovation Hub, CCNB-INNOV, and IGNITE Atlantic, have launched a virtual tour series highlighting some of the bioeconomy assets and companies in Atlantic Canada.


Auburn University research project to use waste biomaterials to 3D print housing components

The Auburn-led portion of this interdisciplinary project will focus on bio-resin development as a feedstock for 3D printing. This process will include conversion of biomass into chemicals and nanomaterials to help improve the sustainability of the resin.


Clean Energy Fuels breaks ground on RNG dairy digester

When completed, the Del Rio Dairy digester project will capture the waste from more than 7,500 milking cows and generate an anticipated 1.1 million gallons of RNG annually.


Viridos partners with ExxonMobil to scale algae biofuels

“The recent productivity advances in Viridos’ technology are an opportunity to turn CO2 into renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuels, providing an essential component for the decarbonization of the heavy-duty transportation industry,” said Viridos’ CEO, Dr. Oliver Fetzer.
 
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PRODESA, to develop a new pellet plant in France

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SFU’s new $33 million Corix biomass plant helps sustainably heat a community

Simon Fraser University’s campus in Burnaby, B.C., is now home to a new $33 million biomass plant that is using urban wood waste to provide heating and hot water to the campus and a nearby residential community, UniverCity. Canadian Biomass gets an inside look at the project. » Read more...
 
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An exceptional partnership: grant helps Duz Cho Logging, Canfor use residual wood waste

The recovery of low-grade fibre from harvesting operations in the Chetwynd, B.C., area is economically limited, but funding from FESBC allowed it to be hauled to the Canfor Energy North facility in Chetwynd, where it was chipped for use in pellet and energy production. » Read more...
 
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