• · Fuel pellets can be made from a number of naturally   occurring organic materials or waste products, including   switch grass, hybrid willow/poplar trees and other   prospective energy crops, municipal solid waste, sewage   sludge, and agricultural residues.

    · Municipal waste boilers must meet much stricter emission   standards than other fuels like oil, gas, bunker, or coal.
      (See A-7 Guidelines for more information.)

    · Biomass includes all naturally occurring organic materials,   including grasses, wood, paper fibres, non-synthetic   textiles and any other materials that can decompose   through bacterial digestion.

  • · Climate change is inevitable, and burning fossil fuels (such as natural gas, oil, and coal) increases the levels of CO2 in
      the atmosphere. Using alternative bio-fuels is carbon neutral as it forms part of the natural carbon cycle.1

    · Canadians are the largest consumers of energy in the world on a per capita basis.2

    · Six per cent of primary energy in Canada is derived from bioenergy.3

    · Wood waste (wood chips, sawdust and tree bark) is one of the most widely used sources of renewable energy in
      Canada.4

    · Municipal solid waste is 66 per cent organic material that, when decomposing in a landfill, creates gas composed of
      methane and carbon dioxide. If a municipal solid waste plant exists, the gas can be collected and used to generate
      electricity as well as thermal energy.5

    · Coal is the single largest commodity carried by Canada's railways.6

    · Worldwide, more electricity is generated from coal than from any other source.7

    · Fossil fuels are being consumed 100,000 times faster than they are being formed.8