Quebec City – The Quebec government has announced a three-year, $1.15 million grant to the Consortium de recherche et innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ) to promote innovation and pre-commercialization in the supply and conditioning of forest biomass for bioenergy production. …On May 21, thanks to this financial support, the CRIBIQ launched a call for projects aimed at providing financial backing for industrial projects that use forest biomass to produce bioenergy. Financial assistance is available for up to $200,000 per project. An abundant resource in Quebec, forest biomass is a woody material that can be used to produce electricity, heat or biofuel. Its energy recovery maximizes the use of resources such as forest residues, which are usually left on the cutting grounds. The initiative will directly stimulate innovation in the forest biomass bioenergy sector, and contribute to the government’s objective of reducing Quebec’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 37.5% by 2030