CHAR Technologies announced that the Government of Québec, through the Programme Innovation Bois, has announced the approval of $2.5M to CHAR Tech to support the advancement of the previously announced build, own, operate project to convert wood wastes and residuals into both biocarbon for metallurgical coal replacement, as well as green hydrogen, which the project intends to upgrade further into renewable natural gas. The non-repayable grant funding will be disbursed on predetermined project milestones.
Also announced was a $1M contribution from the Programme Innovation Bois to la Société de cogénération de Saint-Félicien (“SCSF”) towards the centre de valorisation de la biomasse (“CVB”), which is co-located with the CHAR Tech project, and includes a waste heat recovery dryer to pre-process biomass, which will be used by the CHAR Tech project.
SCSF (owned by Green Leaf Power) operates a 25 MW cogeneration facility, converting approximately 260,000 green metric tonnes per year of wood waste biomass into renewable energy, with the electricity sold to Hydro-Québec, and steam for additional industrial uses locally.
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Press release https://tinyurl.com/mr3kw3vs
