Thunder Bay Wood Energy Initiative
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This project seeks to develop a comprehensive business plan for a biomass-fueled combined heat and power (CHP) facility and district energy system (DES) to be...
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Increasing Utilization to Enable Decarbonization – The LNFMI Biohub
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The project will support the ongoing development of LNFMI’s Hurkett Biohub Facility, a first-of-its-kind forest products Biohub wholly owned by a First Nation corporation. The...
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Catching Carbon – Transforming Ontario’s Underutilized Biomass
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This project will explore the transformation of underutilized forest biomass through pyrolysis to biochar and pyroligneous acid for use primarily in the agriculture sector. Additionally,...
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Biocarbon Utilization at Stelco
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This project aims to determine the feasibility of biocarbon injection within integrated steelmaking and design a pilot injection system suitable for industrial trials. Biocarbon requirements to...
Biocarbon Utilization in the Electric Arc Furnace at ArcelorMittal Dofasco
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The project aims to fully displace fossil fuel carbon that is used in EAF steelmaking with CO2 neutral biocarbon. This project will address two key...
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Sustainable Roofing/Waterproofing Membranes Comprising Lignin
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The goal of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of using lignin to replace part of the bitumen used for roofing and waterproofing membrane...
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Evaluating Commercial Lignin Opportunities for Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper
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This project will evaluate potential customer demand for lignin, building on the opportunity lignin has to substitute for a range of petroleum-based products. The project...
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Production of Biocarbon for Heavy Industry Sector
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Wikwemikong Development Comission (WDC), the economic development arm of Wikwemikong Unceded Territory, is looking to invest in a biocarbon facility, aimed to be the first...
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Renewable Natural Gas in the North
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The project aims to conduct a feasibility study, namely a Class 5 engineering and design, to derisk the commercial development of a next generation biofuel...
Cloud-based LiDAR solution
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The project aims to develop a cloud-based LiDAR hosting solution integrated with Silvacom's Forest Management System (FMS) to make this data more accessible for forestry professionals...
Sustainable Thermoplastics and Foamed Articles with Low GWP by Inclusion of Renewable Contents
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This project intends to reduce the CO2 footprint in production of automotive and packaging parts by sustainably commercialization and inclusion of forest-based feedstock in thermoplastics...
Drone Aerial Forest Seeding
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The primary objective of this project is to prove the efficacy and commercial deployment of a drone based aerial seeding solution for forestry in Ontario.