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Power Wood Canada Corp.
Power Wood Canada Corp.
A Climate-Focused Corporation
A Climate-Focused Corporation
Power Wood Canada Corp is a planet-first, clean-energy corporation that turns the consequences of climate change into part of its solution.
We transform wildfire deadwood, diseased boreal trees and residual wood waste into high-performance black biofuel pellets – an energy-dense, ultra low carbon footprint drop in substitute for coal.
Our carbon-neutral manufacturing process produces the world's most durable, waterproof, energy-dense biofuel pellet to be used instead of coal in utility power generating stations.
In doing so, we work quickly towards a world with cleaner air, cooler climates and a coal-free future.
Decarbonizing Energy Suppliers
Decarbonizing Energy Suppliers
Our company helps power stations, steel mills and industrial plants to decarbonize without any major change to infrastructure.
We use leading-edge, science-based, steam explosion to change biomass at cellular level and transform nature’s waste stream wildfire wood into a new generation of lignin-rich, energy-dense, logistics-friendly advanced black pellets.
Our innovative green energy company produces pellets that deliver 87 percent of coal’s energy but just six percent of its carbon footprint - across sourcing, production, transportation and combustion.
Power Wood Canada Corp keeps power generation infrastructure in operation, and mitigates the carbon footprint of installing new renewable energy infrastructure.
Power Wood People
Power Wood People
Experience and Acumen, Enterprise and Endeavour
Experience and Acumen, Enterprise and Endeavour
Read about our talented team below.
DAVID PETERS
Founder and Chairman
David Peters is a prolific entrepreneur with a track record of founding, launching, and scaling ventures in sustainable energy. Having worked in renewable energy since 2009, he founded We-Energy Ltd. to manage global clean energy generation projects in 2011, Agrofarm London to install and operate a biomass power generator in Italy in 2012. In 2016, David founded Power Wood Canada Corp. before setting up Power Wood Holdings Ltd in 2026 as its parent company. He also recently founded Green Liquidity as an on-site green energy partner for EU and UK companies.
ED BEREZNICKI
Ed Bereznicki is a seasoned C-suite executive and strategic advisor with more than 30 years of business experience spanning energy, critical minerals and investment banking. His extensive experience combines upstream and midstream large-scale oil and gas development and operations with deep capital markets. A former investment banker, his expertise also encompasses capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and finance strategy. As CEO and director of an Alberta gas company, Ed became instrumental in the growth of Canada’s emerging helium industry. Ed has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Alberta and a MBA from Western University’s Ivey School of Business. He is a life member of APEGA.
KIMBLE GARRETT
Chief Technical Officer
Kimble Garrett is an expert chief technical officer who specialises in the installation of black biomass pellet production plants, often collaborating with engineering giants Valmet. He skillfully combines excellent engineering acumen with peerless project management, overseeing facilities' development through initial planning, mechanical design, resource procurement, construction and contractor management, IT systems, and reengineering. His extensive experience is borne out in his roles as owner of Westec-America, founder of Peregrine Pro Corp., and as a highly valued Chief Technical Officer and Director for Power Wood Canada Corp and Power Wood Holdings.
MICHAEL COOK
Business Development Director
Michael Cook is a business development director with decades of international consulting experience for governments and FTSE-listed businesses across 60 countries. His C-suite career has focused on resolving complex trade, logistics and supply chain issues – while leveraging a wealth of board-level contacts across five continents. Critically, Michaels role for Power Wood Canada Corp as its business development director, export consultant and valuable intermediary sees him successfully mitigate differences between Eastern and Western business cultures so our company can secure important relationships and advantages in Asia's energy sector.
DAVID TRIGGS
Non-Executive Director
David Triggs is an experienced business consultant and director, specialising in organisational leadership, executive management and international business development. Most notably, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Academies Educational Trust, the UK’s largest group of academies, managing 76 schools until 2013. His consultancy, Seneca Leadership Ltd, focuses on director level management. David was key in developing a large waste-to-energy plant in Boston, UK. He joined the Power Wood Canada Corp’s board in 2016 and was appointed to the board of Power Wood Holdings Ltd in 2026.
KAREN WORDSWORTH
Non-Executive Director
Karen Wordsworth is an accomplished, experienced and vocal professional working in sustainability, renewable energy and climate change since 2000. Most notably, she was KPMG’s Director of Climate Change and Sustainability from 2011 to 2016. Karen has remained as an advisory board member for the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research at Cambridge University since 2010. She was also head of International Business at the Met Office for eight years. Karen has been the CEO of X-Met Ltd since 2008 and joined the board of Power Wood Canada Corp in January 2024.
RICK ORMAN
Non-Executive Director
Rick Orman is a former Canadian politician and respected international businessman from Alberta. Serving in the Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1993, he held the position of Minister of Energy (1989–1992), leading trade missions across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Rick also established Alberta’s Natural Resources Conservation Board and Clean Air Strategic Alliance. Recognised for his service, he received the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal and the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal. Rick became a non-executive director for Power Wood Canada Corp in 2021.
DARYL FRIDHANDLER
Senator and Legal Counsel
Daryl Fridhandler is a Canadian corporate lawyer, businessman and politician who was appointed to the Senate of Canada to represent Alberta in 2024. He serves on the Senate’s Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, and Banking, Trade and Commerce Committees. A corporate lawyer based in Calgary, his expertise includes flotations, mergers and acquisitions and commercial arbitration. He chairs the Calgary Economic Development board, and has degrees from McGill, Dalhousie and New York universities. Daryl was appointed legal counsel to Power Wood Canada Corp in 2021 and it's parent company Power Wood Holdings Ltd. in 2026.
DELANIE BULLDOG
Indigenous Partnerships Director
Delanie Bulldog leads Power Wood’s strategic engagement with First Nations and Indigenous organizations, supporting partnerships based on shared economic opportunity and responsible resource development. Her ability to build trusted relationships between industry and First Nations is based on meaningful dialogue and collaboration, often between Nations. She approaches development opportunities by respecting Indigenous governance, acknowledging community priorities and ensuring informed participation. Delanie’s experience spans Indigenous relations in energy and forestry-related environments, having supported engineering, construction and operational teams on large-scale industrial projects.
COREY WOOLARD
Group Operations Director
Corey Woolard is a results-driven manufacturing expert and group operations director with extensive energy sector experience. A former Senior Vice President at Drax Biomass Inc. and CEO of Peak Renewables, he is revered throughout the sustainable energy industry for driving operational excellence. As a Lean Six Sigma specialist and qualified HSE auditor, Corey provides PowerWood Canada Corp with robust governance, executive leadership, and strategic oversight to optimize systems and mitigate all types of manufacturing risk.
NIKITA TARATIN
Technical Construction Manager
Nikita Taratin is a highly qualified and ingenious industrial engineer who brings invaluable management experience to Power Wood Canada Corp from Siemens, Gazprom Neft, Wintershall Holdings Engineering and GETEC Group. As a technical construction manager, his work has focused on implementing energy supply and heat exchange concepts into large-scale energy systems, renewable technologies, and heating networks. He holds Master and Bachelor of Science degrees from Germany's esteemed Technische Universities in Berlin and Clausthal.
GREG CARPO
Head of Rail and Logistics
Greg Carpo is a respected career railroader with more than 38 years of business and operational experience in the Canadian rail industry. As a former senior vice president for Canadian National, he focused on business development, national infrastructure and network savings. Greg oversaw more than 50 industrial development and network planning projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan from inception to completion. He now serves as Head of Rail and Logistics for Dominion Railway Services providing rail facility conceptual design, site selection and industrial development guidance.
JON GOERTZEN
Head of Forestry
Jon Goertzen is a highly qualified forester with extensive knowledge gained in Alberta’s forest and construction industry. As Head of Forestry at Power Wood Canada Corp since its foundation in 2015, he is skilled in forest technology and environmental management systems – focusing on both natural resource and forest management. A member of the Association of Alberta Forest Management Professionals, Jon actively works with Alberta’s school districts to ensure proper training for forest management students using IT-based simulator systems and boreal environment experience.
Power Wood Principles
Power Wood Principles
A Corporation Infused with Ecological Ethos and Persistent Purpose
A Corporation Infused with Ecological Ethos and Persistent Purpose
Read about our values, vision and mission below.
INTRINSIC VALUES
INTRINSIC VALUES
Engraining Ethics in Every Endeavour
🌳 Putting planet before profit
🌳 Championing green innovation
🌳 Supporting economic prosperity
🌳 Minimising environmental impact
🌳 Providing ecological stewardship
Power Wood Canada Corp operates on a strict planet-before-profit principle, believing full economic prosperity cannot occur, locally or globally, without good ecological stewardship.
We apply full-circle green thinking to all of our activities, focusing always on helping to heal the planet throughout our operational chain.
We operate near to raw material feedstock, harvested to protect forest carbon sinks and earth’s atmosphere.
We use a carbon-neutral process to produce compact, energy-dense, low-emission biofuel that is environmentally and economically viable to transport.
Across all activities, without compromise, we champion green innovation to bridge the gap between industrial energy needs and global net zero goals.
CLEAR VISION
CLEAR VISION
Business Balanced with the Biosphere
🌳 The end of coal and fossil fuel use
🌳 Total renewable energy infrastructure
🌳 Economic and ecological synchronicity
🌳 A decarbonized, net zero future
🌳 A healthy, thriving, prosperous planet
Power Wood Canada Corp shares a vision of a net zero future in which burning climate-deadly coal and other fossil fuels is regarded as primitive and obsolete.
We imagine a world where heavy engineering, process production and big technology are powered by diverse, concerted clean, renewable energy sources.
We envision a planet with abundant forests and ecosystems safeguarded, revitalized and trusted to support humanity's health on the planet.
We plot a pathway to that picture on which economic endeavour and decarbonization advance together – so industry and nature work in circular ways that bring balance to a planet inherited by those coming later.
IMPERATIVE MISSION
IMPERATIVE MISSION
Closing Coal, and the Climate Crisis
🌳 Produce better low-emission pellets
🌳 Create decarbonization pathways
🌳 Help allies meet climate pledges
🌳 Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
🌳 Protect vital forest carbon sinks
Power Wood Canada Corp’s mission is to manufacture superior, energy-dense, durable, waterproof biofuel pellets as a direct drop in substitute for coal.
We will do this to provide immediate, cost-effective pathways to decarbonisation for power stations, steel mills and industrial factories – and in the process enable nations to meet climate commitments.
We will create more than a million tonnes of black pellets annually to replace coal, using only fire-damaged wood and diseased trees – to decrease decomposition methane and carbon dioxide greenhouse gasses.
We will actively protect our planet from the spread of future wildfires by replenishing forests so they grow into larger carbon sinks.
Power Wood Projects
Power Wood Projects
Fostering Flourishing Futures for People and Places
Fostering Flourishing Futures for People and Places
New Ground Foundation
New Ground Foundation
Replenishing and expanding Canada’s forest carbon sink is at the core of Power Wood Canada Corp’s composite approach to addressing climate change.
Replenishing and expanding Canada’s forest carbon sink is at the core of Power Wood Canada Corp’s composite approach to addressing climate change.
It is why we launched the New Ground Foundation in 2018 to reforest and manage areas that we clear of wildfire deadwood and diseased trees, within an area laid out by our Crown forestry rights.
The New Ground Foundation is responsible for repopulating areas of previously fire-ravaged woodland with a mix of native coniferous and deciduous trees. Coniferous species planted by the New Ground Foundation include black and white spruce, balsam fir, jack pine and larch, while deciduous species include white birch, trembling aspen, and balsam poplar.
Power Wood’s parent company CoAlternative Energy Ltd provided the seven-figure seed capital for the New Ground Foundation and maintains financial support to ensure the project’s success.
Scholarship Subsidy Scheme
Scholarship Subsidy Scheme
Nurturing young talent that will safeguard the future of our fragile planet is also at the core of Power Wood Canada Corp’s composite approach to addressing climate change.
Nurturing young talent that will safeguard the future of our fragile planet is also at the core of Power Wood Canada Corp’s composite approach to addressing climate change.
It is why we are a scholarship provider to those who show deserving aptitude and promise but come from culturally or economically disadvantaged backgrounds that deny them a fair chance in life.
Our scholarship scheme invests in further education, training and apprenticeships so young people from pastoral and Indigenous families and communities can go on to fulfil their potential in areas of industry associated with forestry, conservation, green energy, logistics and firefighting. And we endeavour to find them jobs once they have finished their studies.
Power Wood’s parent company CoAlternative Energy Ltd provides the funds they need to learn and progress through educational channels that would otherwise be inaccessible to them.
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