BioEnergy the Hot Topic in P.G. This Week
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 @ 3:59 AM
Prince George, B.C.- The 5th International BioEnergy Conference starts today in Prince George, and just like the bioenergy field, continues to grow.
In 2004, the first conference was attended by 100 delegates and a handful of exhibitors. This year, there are 400 delegates from all over North America, Europe and Southeast Asia. There are more exhibitors than ever before(57), and 43 speakers will lead off a series of panel discussions on everything from fibre supply and sustainability to community energy systems.
Today’s sessions are business to business meetings at the Coast Inn, with the full conference getting underway tomorrow at the Civic Centre in Prince George.
“Northern BC is a North American leader in bioenergy, whose businesses have a record of industrial achievement, entrepreneurial activity and leadership in bioenergy technology and forest fibre management,” said Don Zurowski, one of the conference co-founders and 2012 Conference Co-Chair. “Hosting this conference in Prince George brings bioenergy enthusiasts to one of the world’s largest fibre baskets.”
Delegates will be taking a field trip to look at the University of Northern B.C.’s bio-energy plant and the new City’s new downtown district energy system.
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the new Cityâs new downtown district energy system
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This should be interesting, a bio-energy project with no fiber supply.
Cheers
Back in November I questioned what if (not when) Lakeland Mills would be out of commission for supplying energy for our hot water. I intimated that the city of PG would go into the bio-heat business. Hire a fleet of hog fuel trucks driven by over price unionized city employees to burn the fuel for the heat that goes down George Street. I was ahead of my time for thinking that. Murphy’s Law. Murphy for Mayor! Oops! We had one and got a new one. Natural gas prices are down in the basement these days. Timing is everything. The $17 million dollars for this joke. Added to the interest payments on our $111 million dollar debt?
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