Tag: canada

  • Report: Climate Consequences from Logging Forests for Bioenergy

    A new report warns about the potential worsening of climate change from logging Canadian forests for electricity and heat, and recommends a “precautionary approach” regarding the expansion of biomass energy. Forest Biomass Energy Policy in the Maritime Provinces, written by Jamie Simpson for the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based East Coast Environmental Law, evaluates environmental impacts from…

  • Three Injured in Canada Wood Pellet Plant Explosion

    – October 14, 2014, Bioenergy Insight An explosion at Pinnacle Renewable Energy’s wood pellet plant in British Columbia injured three and resulted in around 30 employees being evacuated. The incident happened on 9 October after a fire broke out inside equipment used to dry wood fibre. The plant’s built-in suppression system had already extinguished the flames…

  • Group Calls for Probe of Nova Scotia Biomass Logging

    [The forest footprint for a biomass incinerator is massive. Will be interesting to see if any probe is done in regards to this facility. -Ed.] –  by Erin Pottie, June 27, 2014, Cape Breton Bureau A Cape Breton environmental group is calling for an emergency review of harvesting practices at Nova Scotia Power’s biomass plant in…

  • Biomass Energy Drives Wood Shortage in Nova Scotia

    –  Rachel Brighton, October 10, 2014, The Chronicle Herald [More evidence of biomass energy competing for limited wood source.] Opening up long-term access to western Crown lands will relieve some of the pressure that has been building in the forestry sector this year. This week the province announced that 16 sawmills and manufacturers had been granted…