The vast majority of Canadian wood pellets are made from sawmill residuals - sawdust. The rest are made from the residuals from harvesting operations for sawmills and pulp mills, or low-grade timber from forest industry harvest sites that has no other economic value. Think firewood.
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Breathing easier - pellet emissions vs coal
Sustainability should be top of mind for any company that wants to stay in the game in today’s world.
As important a role as Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions play, we also need to focus on noxious emissions versus coal.
Growing value: after overcoming challenges, Skeena Bioenergy looks to the future
As the forest industry increasingly recognizes the need to use as much fibre as possible, more and more sawmills are exploring the opportunity to produce wood pellets. One such sawmill is Skeena Sawmills, based in Terrace, B.C.
In 2018, the[…]
Critical report of Canadian logging practices are ‘misleading, flawed,’ say companies
Criticism of Ontario’s and Quebec’s logging practices, made by the U.S.-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), are misleading, say Resolute Forest Products, Domtar and Aditya Birla Group.
NRDC’s report makes claims of overharvesting, leaving woodland caribou unprotected and not considering[…]
Renewable and sustainable? Energy really can grow on trees.
There is no single energy source capable of solving our dependence on fossil fuels. Instead we need to look to a mix of new fuels, including wood pellets.
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