TIMMINS, ONT. — Five research, innovation and modernization projects in northeastern Ontario’s forestry sector are on the receiving on of $11.3 million in government funding.
The investments from the Forest Biomass Program will help accelerate Ontario’s forest sector’s competitive advantage by creating new jobs, increasing productivity and identifying new revenue streams, states a release.
The government’s investment is supporting projects related to underused wood and mill byproducts, known as forest biomass.
The recipients include:
- Hornepayne Power Inc., which is receiving $7.5 million to increase regional energy production by upgrading power generation equipment. The funding will also support research into onsite green hydrogen production.
- GreenFirst Forest Products Inc., which is receiving nearly $3 million to boost productivity, cut costs and improve product quality by upgrading the company’s biomass cogeneration plant, and an additional $130,000 to research the use of mill byproducts for torrefied pellets, a green alternative to coal.
- Circular Carbon Canada Inc. is receiving $500,000 to study northeast sawmills as potential sites for pyrolysis plants, which use forest biomass to produce biochar, which is a substance used in power generation, soil amendment and water filtration.
- Wikwemikong Development Commission, is receiving $200,000 to support the development of a combined wood pellet and biocoal facility by assisting with permitting, contracting, business development and community engagement.
Ontario’s Forest Biomass Program invests up to $20 million each year in projects.
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