Tag: british columbia

  • Three Injured in Canada Wood Pellet Plant Explosion

    - Octo­ber 14, 2014, Bioen­er­gy Insight An explo­sion at Pin­na­cle Renew­able Ener­gy’s wood pel­let plant in British Colum­bia injured three and result­ed in around 30 employ­ees being evacuated. The inci­dent hap­pened on 9 Octo­ber after a fire broke out inside equip­ment used to dry wood fibre. The plan­t’s built-in sup­pres­sion sys­tem had already extin­guished the flames…

  • Proposed Plant to Export Wood Pellets to Asia

    - Sep­tem­ber 25, 2014, Bio­mass Magazine A pro­posed pel­let plant under devel­op­ment near Mis­sion, British Colum­bia, aims to pro­duce wood pel­lets for export into indus­tri­al mar­kets in South Korea and oth­er Asian mar­kets. The project is being devel­oped by SMG Wood Pel­let Inc., a sub­sidiary of Van­cou­ver, British Colum­bia-based SMG Asset. The facil­i­ty will be brand­ed…