Page 23 - OffGrid East Coast Special Edition 2016

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at the side of the road in January, typically put them through a wood chipper. It varies from place to place as to the end use but in a community where there is biomass energy producion the beloved symbol of the Christmas holiday may very well end up producing heat and/or electricity.
Province built on forestry sector
In New Brunswick the tree is indelibly ied to the enire history of the province – economically, socially and naturally. The province was largely built on the forestry sector, from shipbuilding to sawmills to pulp and paper producion and beyond. In a cold northern climate such as this, it’s only natural that sustainable wood-based energy producion be at the top of the list for businesses and communiies looking at localizing their power producion. Slowly, but surely, progress and developments are happening. Most mills in the Province make use of their wood waste (and have for some ime) either on site in biomass boilers or by convering it into value added products, like wood pellets or bedding for animals etc. Signiicant demand for commercial grade wood pellets in Europe has a number of businesses in the province looking at large scale pellet producion – a potenial boon for the moribund and dwindling forestry sector in the province.
Woodlot producers ofer sustainable supply
Forget the economic giants in the province; if a business or community goes the route of localizing their power producion, their local private woodlot folks are the go-to ones for sustainable supply.
To bring it all back to earth, the humble tree, which serves the planet so nobly and in so many incredible and varied roles, is a criical contributor to solving the clean energy conundrum. Wood biomass is not the soluion but it certainly is a big part of the answer to the larger clean and renewable energy quesion. Be it high eiciency pellets or the various wood based community power plant opions, when it comes to checking all the boxes of what is real and doable in the “clean green” energy space wood is good.
About the Author: Andrew Skaling is Partner and VP of AvorEnergy. Visit www.avorenergy.com
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