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Opinion: Realizing the benefits of combined heat and power systems

Ontario’s [former] environment minister Jeff Yurek explains how CHPs can provide cheaper, more energy-efficient fuel sources and technologies, and more reliable power in emergency situations like blackouts. » Read more...

Remotely powerful: Nine rural communities’ experience with bioenergy

In a four-part series, Sebnem Madrali and Jean Blair share the learnings from interviewing nine pioneering rural and remote communities that have installed biomass heating and CHP systems. » Read more...

Maritime Bioheat conference highlights potential

The first-ever Maritime Bioheat Conference in 2021 put a spotlight on the immense potential for biomass heating in the Maritimes. » Read more...

Biofuel boiler puts the ‘green’ in greenhouse

Atlantic Grown Organics in PEI tested their two biomass boilers’ abilities to handle a mixture of traditional wood and local oilseed byproducts from crambe and meadowform crops. » Read more...

The full picture

Natural Resources Canada-CanmetENERGY teamed up with Torchlight Bioresources to create a database of bioheat projects across Canada. With a new version of the database due to be published soon, the project is going online for easier access. » Read more...

Accelerating the shift to bioheat in Canada

Harry "Dutch" Dresser and Gordon Murray explain how a new white paper addresses barriers that currently restrict the sale of small solid biomass combustors into the Canadian market. » Read more...

NEWS

Video: Tour the Maritime pellet sector

Take a virtual tour of sustainably managed forests, sawmills, wood pellet plants and modern bioheat facilities in the Maritimes with Wood Pellet Association of Canada. » Read more...

BC community undertakes biomass heating project

A look at the Esk’etemc community’s project to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels with a biomass boiler running on local wood chips. » Read more...

Boiler maintenance best practices

Canadian Biomass rounds up tips from boiler experts on properly maintaining biomass boilers. » Read more...

Tsay Keh Dene Nation looks to biomass for heating needs

The community embarked on a bioheat project that aims to liberate its primary village located along the shores of the Williston Reservoir in northern B.C. from reliance on diesel generators. » Read more...