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Celgar in BC first to gain Canada green energy funding with $40M investment

Posted in: Bio-Insight 02/25/2010 - 05:23

CASTLEGAR, BC, Feb. 25, 2010 (Press Release) -A $40-million investment by the Government of Canada will enable one of Canada's largest and most modern kraft pulp mills to generate clean, green energy from forest biomass.

Colin Mayes, Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Shuswap, today announced that the Zellstoff Celgar Pulp Mill in Castlegar, B.C., is the first mill to receive funding under the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP) for its Green Energy Project.

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Environmental court appeal delays construction of Statkraft and SCA wind farms in Sweden

Posted in: Bio-Insight 02/21/2010 - 18:48

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 18, 2010 (Press Release) -An appeal has been lodged against the licences for all six wind farms that Statkraft and SCA plan to construct in Jämtland and Västernorrland - Sweden's largest ever expansion of wind power. The appeals will result in delays of about one year.

The project consists of 460 wind turbines with a combined electrical production of 2,400 GWh - equivalent to the total amount of wind power produced in the country today.

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