Low-Value Wood Waste Generates Environmental, Social, and Economic Benefits in Fort St. James

Forest Enhancement Society of BC
February 11, 2025
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

Fort St. James, B.C.With funding from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC, uneconomic residual fibre is being delivered from locations farther from town to BioNorth Energy, a joint venture partnership between Arrow Group of Companies, the Nak’azdli Development Corporation, the economic development arm of the Nak’azdli First Nation, and low-carbon infrastructure developer, Nexus PMG. The project, which began in the fall of 2023 after an intense wildfire season, will finalize this winter, helping reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere while also generating economic and social benefits for the community of Fort St. James. …The project focuses on grinding residual logging debris into feedstock for BioNorth Energy, a 40-mega-watt biomass power generation plant in Fort St. James. 

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