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Editor's Note 
 
This year's WPAC conference — my first ever — brought together industry drivers, equipment leaders and top market analysts. Read our full report below.
- Sarah Sobanski, Editor
 
News 
 
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WPAC study finds in-woods biomass grinding appropriate for pelletization in Canada

A new study by the Wood Pellet Association of Canada shows forest residue material in Canada can be pelletized in line with regulatory standards. WPAC, in partnership with BioPower Sustainable Energy Corporation, has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility and economic implications of using an in-woods grinder to process forest biomass for wood pellets.


Brought to you by BC Bioenergy Network

New online micro-certificate on life cycle assessment of clean fuels

BC Bioenergy Network is launching an online micro-certificate program focusing on life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling and application.


Vergreville, Alta., announces BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for wheat straw

Vergreville, Alta., is the newest community to announce a Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zone ‘A’ Rating. The town now holds the rating for 455,000 bone dry tonnes per year of wheat straw — the second rating in Alberta for wheat straw.


 
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WPAC 2024: Biomass critical in electrification and the fight against climate change

Can Canada’s forest sector — from its woodlot owners to pellet producers, and the consumers in between — get back to being proud of what it does? It’s a question hundreds of forest sector insiders considered as they gathered for the Wood Pellet Association of Canada’s much-loved annual conference mid-September in Victoria, B.C. » Read More...
 
 
News 
 

TorchLight Bioresources pitches bioenergy at southern Ontario army base

Torchlight Bioresources, a bioenergy and decarbonization project consultancy based in Nova Scotia, wants to see a wood chip-fired combined heat and power plant get off the ground in southern Ontario. Torchlight head Dr. Jamie Stephen presented a concept for a biomass combined heat and power project in Petawawa to its council earlier this month. He's seeking a letter of support to undertake a feasibility study for bioenergy in the region. » Read More...

Deep Sky lands National Bank of Canada and BMO funding for carbon removal projects

Deep Sky, the Montreal-based carbon removal project developer, has secured investment from two of Canada's preeminent financial institutions. The National Bank of Canada and BMO have collectively invested $2.5 million, demonstrating their support of Deep Sky's development of carbon removal infrastructure. » Read More...

 
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Ørsted signs Equinor carbon removal deal, funds BECCS hub

Ørsted, a Denmark-based renewable energy company, will sell carbon credits worth 330,000 tonnes of CO2 to Norwegian petroleum refining company, Equinor, in a new 10-year deal to help finance its incoming biomass-based carbon capture and storage project. The Equinor deal comes alongside the company's "realisation... biomass-based carbon capture and storage is still at an early stage of development and associated with high costs." » Read More...

 
Events 
 

Value of Biogas West 

October 7-9, 2024 | Vancouver, B.C. » Read More...

Biofuels Week  

October 14-18, 2024 | Online » Read More...

Scaling Up Bio 2024 

November 25 to 27 | Ottawa, Ont. » Read More...