WPAC: New video promotes Canada and Japan climate collaboration
One of the highpoints of British Columbia’s recent trade mission to Japan was the excitement created by the Wood Pellet Association of Canada’s video that underscores how the long-standing trading...
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Opinion: Repurposing municipal solid waste for bioeconomy benefits
Across the country, approaches are being sought to become more sustainable and achieve carbon neutrality. Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is an ambitious but attainable goal with technology...
View ArticleEditorial: Rebranding waste
“One man’s toxic sludge is another man’s potpourri.” A memorable quote for me during my family’s annual viewing of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. That’s the Jim Carry one – a polarizing move, to be...
View ArticleIndia: A new frontier for biomass pellets
India is an important trade partner of Canada, and although in its infancy, the time is ripe for further investigation into investment opportunities for the Canadian pellet sector. Why? Because along...
View ArticleWPAC Report: Researching the future
Our vision at the Wood Pellet Association of Canada (WPAC) is two-fold. First, to grow a resilient pellet sector that creates green, renewable products at the forefront of the global transition to a...
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Opinion: Canada should be an agricultural bioeconomy leader
There is an increasing demand globally for bioproducts from biomass. At Biomass Quality Network Canada (BQNC) we have been focused on research and development to establish a certification program for...
View ArticleBiomass is Going Mainstream: New report outlines key learnings for Canada
Biomass is now mainstream in Europe and the focus has moved beyond the basics of pellets to how to grow its use and improve technology across the supply chain. As the second largest producer of wood...
View ArticleEditorial: Biofuel for thought
Time for a quick Canadian history story? In the 1950s, the Royal Canadian Air Force commissioned Toronto’s A.V. Roe Canada – known as Avro – to design and build the CF-105 Arrow. It was to be the...
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Opinion: Here’s how food waste can generate clean energy
Food waste is a growing problem in Canada and many other parts of the world — and it is only expected to get worse in the coming years. The world population is expected to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050,...
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Opinion: Local pellets a sensible and responsible solution for N.B. energy needs
Today wood pellets made solely from sawmilling and harvesting residuals are in demand worldwide. Seen as low carbon, efficient and renewable clean energy, wood pellets support shifting away from fossil...
View ArticleOpinion: Biofuels industry ‘poised and ready’ for Clean Fuel Regulations
On July 1, Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) will come into force. It resembles the clean fuel standards used in British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington State, and some countries in the...
View ArticleOpinion: Canada’s present and future wildfire threat demands more sustainable...
It may only be June, but Canada is facing one of its most extreme wildfire seasons in history. Already, over seven times the forested land base that Canada’s foresters sustainably harvest on an annual...
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Opinion: Canada’s greatest climate challenge and responsibility is our forests
With this year’s record-breaking wildfire season, politicians and the public can no longer ignore the truth – that forests are Canada’s single largest climate change issue. One would have thought the...
View ArticleOpinion: CFRs provide Atlantic Canadians with cost-effective climate action...
Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) have been under development since 2016, with extensive input at every stage from every sector impacted, including provincial and territorial governments. The...
View ArticleEditorial: Unlucky lumber
Brian Perrault and Michelle Perdicou visibly cringe when they talk about the volume of construction and demolition waste wood that is buried every year in Canadian landfills. They cringe because, as...
View ArticleOpinion: New UK Biomass Strategy reaffirms support of sustainable biomass
The Wood Pellet Association of Canada (WPAC) is pleased with the UK government’s recently released Biomass Strategy 2023, which defines the government’s position on sourcing and using sustainable...
View ArticleWPAC Report: Wood pellets play an important role
As I write this message, we are halfway through a catastrophic fire season with devastation experienced across the country and herculean efforts made by firefighters who have come to our aid from...
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Opinion: Financing Canada’s transition from a hydrocarbons to carbohydrates...
Artificial intelligence, for all its potential benefits, is gobbling up investment dollars while reducing jobs, consuming vast amounts of electricity, and increasing carbon emissions. In contrast,...
View ArticleOpinion: Canada is ill prepared for the bio revolution
“The world is on the cusp of an industrial revolution fueled by biotechnology and biomanufacturing. Emerging biological technologies are and will continue to transform the foundation of our physical...
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Opinion: Fuelling the future – Canada’s agricultural energy opportunity
In a world where the intersection of food and energy security has become a global imperative, Biofuels Week has set the stage to underscore the urgent need for Canada to invest in and foster the...
View ArticleEditorial: Show us Canada’s best – introducing the Canadian Biomass Awards
This year Canadian Biomass turns 15. I’ve had the privilege of writing for this publication for a good chunk of those years. When our team sat down this year to reflect on ways to recognize the...
View ArticleOpinion: Road to reconciliation includes equity, empowerment and collaboration
In the context of Truth and Reconciliation, the journey toward equity and empowerment is a winding road, mixed with challenges, yet marked by significant progress. I have witnessed both the strides and...
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WPAC Report: Desperation – the mother of creativity
Do you know it’s been 25 years since our first shipment of pellets from Canada? What might have seemed like a pipe dream is very much a reality. Today, Canada’s pellet sector is a global powerhouse not...
View ArticleWPAC: fibre recovery and bioenergy projects make communities safer
The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) is funding 61 projects in communities throughout the province in 2023 that include 19 projects, announced November 30, which are supported by funding from...
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Opinion: Not all carbon-capture projects pay off for the climate – we mapped...
Capturing carbon dioxide from the air or industries and recycling it can sound like a win-win climate solution. The greenhouse gas stays out of the atmosphere where it can warm the planet, and it...
View ArticlePowering sustainability
Across Canada and around the globe there’s an electrification revolution. Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and shifting to emissions-free electricity to propel our cars, heat our homes and run our...
View ArticleTightening dust regulations
Back in 2015, I took on the role of editor for Canadian Forest Industries, Canada’s longest running trade publication dedicated to covering the country’s logging and forest products sector; and...
View ArticleCanada’s passive approach to forest maintenance is helping to fuel wildfire...
While Canada’s 2024 wildfire season has been less severe than the devastation we witnessed last year, there are still dozens of fires burning across the country. As we enter the peak of Canadian...
View ArticleAlberta Forest Products Association president calls for better forest...
Like everyone else in Alberta, the forest industry was saddened by what happened in Jasper. Our industry has held our annual conference in the park for longer than anyone can remember. The people of...
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Alberta is calling; pellet producers are answering
A few months ago, the phone rang. It was Alberta, inviting me to visit and talk about pellets. Of course, I jumped at the chance. After all, this is a province that leads the country in forecasted...
View ArticleEditorial: Getting Dust Hazard Analysis right
I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2024 Global Dust Safety Conference. One of the sessions that caught my interest was presented by Diane Cave, eastern lead for Element6 Solutions. Cave...
View ArticleFPAC’s Derek Nighbor says Canada’s passive approach fuelling wildfires
While Canada’s 2024 wildfire season has been less severe than the devastation we witnessed last year, there are still dozens of fires burning across the country. As we enter the peak of Canadian...
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