Technology Tours
The first day of the Biorefinery Conference, Wednesday, May 27th, will be a full day of visits to local facilities and labs that are doing work in biorefining and bioprocessing. Transportation and meals will be provided.
The bus will depart from the Four Points by Sheraton at 8:00 a.m.
The bus will depart from the Four Points by Sheraton at 8:00 a.m.
Groupe Savoie Inc., Hardwood Transformation
251 Route 180, Saint-Quentin, NB
Groupe Savoie is a family business employing over 550 employees, with operations concentrated primarily in northern New Brunswick where they have felling rights over a vast expanse of hardwood forest.
Groupe Savoie's industrial facilities comprise two sawmills, one pallet plant, one component plant, one pellet plant and dry kilns in St-Quentin, N.B. one component plant and a dry kiln in Kedgwick, N.B. one pallet production and recycling plant in Moncton, N.B. and one sawmill in Westville, Nova-Scotia. Groupe Savoie also takes special pride in its partnership with several other companies that utilize a sizeable portion of its by-products to produce green energy.
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Groupe Savoie's industrial facilities comprise two sawmills, one pallet plant, one component plant, one pellet plant and dry kilns in St-Quentin, N.B. one component plant and a dry kiln in Kedgwick, N.B. one pallet production and recycling plant in Moncton, N.B. and one sawmill in Westville, Nova-Scotia. Groupe Savoie also takes special pride in its partnership with several other companies that utilize a sizeable portion of its by-products to produce green energy.
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COGERNO
Chemin Clément Roy, Rivière-Verte, NB
The Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC) Solid Waste Service (former COGERNO) operates a sanitary landfill site located in Rivière-Verte in northwestern New Brunswick. Its mandate is to provide sound solid waste management. Concurrently, this service manages many recycling programs and builds on educating and promoting awareness within the school districts and the community.
Taxpayers are paying for the management of their household wastes. This cost is billed to the municipalities and LSDs based on the amount per tonne of waste delivered. Afterwards, the cost is distributed and collected through the property tax system.
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Taxpayers are paying for the management of their household wastes. This cost is billed to the municipalities and LSDs based on the amount per tonne of waste delivered. Afterwards, the cost is distributed and collected through the property tax system.
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Biorefinery Technology Scale-Up Centre at CCNB
160 rue Résevoir, Grand Falls, NB
Serving as a link between Science and Industry - The Biorefinery Technology Scale-Up Centre (BTSC) research team supports the industry in its bioproduct promotion efforts. The team uses microbial fermentation, enzymatic hydrolysis, bioseparation and chemical process technologies to produce high value-added industrial bioproducts (including bioethanol, biogas, biodiesel and alcoholic beverages) from forest, agricultural and marine biomasses as well as from industrial and municipal wastes.
The centre gives college and university researchers as well as companies the opportunity to test their product or process at near-production scale thus validating their technologies before undertaking commercial production or negotiating the value of their technology with a licensee. Furthermore, the centre has mobile pre-commercial equipment that can be used by its staff of biorefinery experts to demonstrate innovative processes to the industry. In this way, the centre helps to reduce the potential financial risks of adopting new technologies.
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The centre gives college and university researchers as well as companies the opportunity to test their product or process at near-production scale thus validating their technologies before undertaking commercial production or negotiating the value of their technology with a licensee. Furthermore, the centre has mobile pre-commercial equipment that can be used by its staff of biorefinery experts to demonstrate innovative processes to the industry. In this way, the centre helps to reduce the potential financial risks of adopting new technologies.
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LaForge Bioenvironmental, Commercial Biogas Production Plant
290 Chemin de l'Église, Saint-André
Laforge Bioenvironmental Inc. operates a 1.6 MWh anaerobic digester on a dairy farm in North Western New Brunswick. In addition to the dairy farm manure Laforge Bioenvironmental receives organic waste from regional food processors converting it to electrical energy, heat and liquid organic fertilizer . The video below provides a detailed overview of the current Laforge operation.
Laforge Bioenvironmental serves as a demonstration and testing site for Complete Senergy Systems' new equipment and technologies.
Laforge Bioenvironmental serves as a demonstration and testing site for Complete Senergy Systems' new equipment and technologies.
