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POWER WOOD WILL PRODUCE STEAM-TREATED BLACK PELLETS AS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COAL USED IN POWER STATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES.
Premium Bio-Based Products
Premium Bio-Based Products
A Sustainable Energy Source
A Sustainable Energy Source
Using the Effects of Climate Change to Address its Cause
Power Wood will produce sustainable steam-treated black pellets to support the decarbonization and extended lifespans of existing coal-fired energy infrastructure.
Made from waste stream biomass, steam-treated black pellets have improved energy value and material characteristics to make them compatible with coal-fired applications. They also possess the potential to reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90% compared with coal.
Power Wood will produce its steam-treated black pellets from wildfire-damaged deadwood, beetle-infested trees and forestry industry residuals using Valmet BioTrac technology planned for constuction in northern Alberta, Canada, in the coming months.
From a Planet-First Process
From a Planet-First Process
Generating Renewable Energy from Circular Economy
Generating Renewable Energy from Circular Economy
Power Wood's steam treatment pellet facilities are planned for construction near to ranges of stranded deadwood left behind by recent Canadian wildfires.
Fire-damaged timber and diseased trees from northern Alberta's boreal forest will be transported the shortest distance possible to energy-efficient pellet production facilities developed by leading industrial engineers Valmet.
Valmet BioTrac™'s plant conveyance, integrated heat and power, reactor, biofuel and bio-chemical recovery systems will be fuelled onsite with native wood and bark chippings.
The steam-treated pellets that they produce can be used in suitable existing energy infrastructure and have the potential to reduce their lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90% compared with coal.
For Decarbonizing Industry
For Decarbonizing Industry
Producing Advantageous Biofuel with Coal-Like Characteristics
Producing Advantageous Biofuel with Coal-Like Characteristics
Valmet's steam treatment technology ruptures and reconfigures biomass at cellular level to retain elements with the highest energy value, degrade those with the lowest and reallocate lignin throughout the resulting biomass granules to facilitate their binding.
Steam-treated black pellets are durable with increased bulk and energy density, creating opportunities for lower transportation and storage costs. They experience less degradation and generation of fines, reducing combustion risks in furnace environments compared to other pellet types.
Steam-treated black pellets also have improved moisture resistance and therefore, greater potential for outdoor storage under suitable conditions.
Steam-Treated Black Pellets for the Energy Transition
Steam-Treated Black Pellets for the Energy Transition
Power Wood’s Biofuel Has a Wealth of Attributes
Power Wood’s Biofuel Has a Wealth of Attributes
SUPERIOR ENERGY RELEASE
Power Wood will produce black pellets which release more energy in plant furnaces than other types of biofuel pellet.
LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT
Power Wood’s black pellets have the potential to reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90% compared with coal.
COMPACT BULK DENSITY
Our black pellets have greater bulk density than white pellets enabling more energy to be transported and stored per volumetric unit.
VERSITILE CO-FIRE FUEL
Power Wood’s black pellets improve the burning efficiency of coal while reducing emissions from industrial furnaces when the fuels are co-fired.
HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES
The black pellets we produce will have reduced susceptibility to moisture absorption, increasing their potential for outdoor storage.
NO COSTLY RETROFITS
Our black pellets will reduce the need for capital expenditure on expensive infrastructure modifications in power generating stations.
FLEXIBLE FUEL FORMAT
Power Wood’s biofuel can be pelletized, briquetted or baled to suit the specific economic needs of each utility-scale energy producer.
EASY GRINDABILITY
Our black pellets will have improved grindability for co-firing, needing less plant power to produce smaller particles in higher quantities.
CROWN RIGHTS FEEDSTOCK
Power Wood has 20-year forestry rights to harvest existing wildfire-damaged deadwood from five million hectares of Canadian boreal forest.
WASTE WOOD FEEDSTOCK
Power Wood will leave old growth trees standing to support Canada's carbon sink, while removing its dead and diseased trees.
FOREST MANAGEMENT
By clearing land of waste woody material we aim to reduce decomposition methane, remove fuel risks and encourage reforestation.
CARBON NEUTRAL PROCESS
Our production process will be fuelled onsite with native wood and bark chippings and avoid the use of harmful chemical additives.
Made from Nature's Waste Stream Wildfire Wood Stock
Made from Nature's Waste Stream Wildfire Wood Stock
Supporting the Energy Transition and Mitigating Climate Change
Supporting the Energy Transition and Mitigating Climate Change
Power Wood will leave healthy old-growth forest standing to draw down atmospheric carbons and cool our climate, while removing wildfire-damaged deadwood and beetle-diseased trees from within five million hectares of Canada's boreal forest.
While it is the company's aim to generate fuel breaks within Canada's forest by extracting these trees, recent forest ecology research shows that standing deadwood and snags in forests act as both active methane producers and physical conduits for soils' carbon gases.
By harvesting nature's waste stream wood, Power Wood will also contribute to reducing methane emissions proven to warm the planet's climate 80 times faster than carbon dioxide in a 20 year period.
It further plans to set up reforestation programs to support better management of the natural environment.
Our Decarbonization Partners
Our Decarbonization Partners
Industry Allies with Aligned Ideals and Common Aspirations
Industry Allies with Aligned Ideals and Common Aspirations
Power Wood appoints professional and reliable partners to support its plans to construct and operate steam treatment pellet facilities in northern Alberta.
Be they industrial engineers, forestry specialists, construction experts or forward-thinking energy companies, Power Wood seeks aligned allies to support its aims to produce steam-treated black pellets and help heavy industries decarbonize their operations through the energy transition.
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