CO-FIRING MOVES TO PHASE 2 AT ONTARIO POWER GEN

Canadian Forest Industries, Aug 2008

Nanticoke, ON - The Canadian News Wire reported in early June that Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has launched Phase 2 of its biomass testing at the massive coal-fired Nanticoke Generating Station in this small community 30 minutes from Hamilton. OPG is currently testing the use of biomass as a renewable energy source for Ontario. Biomass used in OPGs program consists primarily of wood pellets and agricultural byproducts such as grain screenings and milling spoils that can be burned to generate electricity. OPG does not use food crops in its biomass program, but has created a pilot project infeed system to mix some biomass with coal to partially fire in one of its generators, a trial Canadian Biomass visited back in November 2007. "We continue to look for opportunities to reduce the impact of our station on the environment," said Nanticoke GS plant manager Frank Chiarotto. "Co-firing coal with biomass could provide us with an option to reduce our environmental footprint. The Phase 2 test program is a significant milestone as it will involve longer duration test bums".

To date, the station has successfully co-fired milling byproducts with coal to produce over 1.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity; enough power to meet the energy needs of 1,300 Ontario homes for one month.