Prince George, BC – The Northern Bioenergy Partnership is on the road to becoming a self-sustaining, self-funded organization.  The progress made possible by a committment of $100 thousand dollars in fudning spread over three years from the BC Bioenergy Network.

 

The Northern Bioenergy Partnership (“NBP”) will be an independent organization dedicated to building a knowledge-based bioenergy industry in Northern British Columbia. Industry has also committed $50,000 for the first year of operation, and the Omineca Beetle Action Coalition has committed $60,000 over 3 years. Further private sector and public funding will be solicited through annual membership fees, sponsorships and other activities. 

 

This is the second  financial committment  from the BC Bioenergy Network which  provided $52,500 to Initiatives Prince George (IPG) in order to develop a business plan for the Northern Bioenergy Partnership. The plan sets out a strategy that will see the region emerge as a forest-based bioenergy  "centre of excellence‟ home to world-class research in partnership with industry. With this new funding and partnerships now secured, NBP will establish itself as a not-for-profit, recruit an Executive Director, and deliver on the objectives of the business plan.

 

“We are very pleased to see the Northern Bioenergy Partnership moving forward with the task of building Prince George and the North as a world-class, forest-based bioenergy cluster”, stated Tim McEwan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Initiatives Prince George Development Corporation. 

 

The NBP is now recruiting for the position of Executive Director; interested applicants should contact Initiatives Prince George at 250-564-0282.