Regional Innovations Networks (RINs) - North
Researchers
Academic
Lakehead University
Dr. Baoqiang Liao - Renewable energy recovery from waste
streams and biomass. Reaction engineering and their applications in pulp and
paper processing and waste management engineering, sludge management. Thunder
Bay.
Contact: Dr. Baoqiang Liao
Tel: (807) 343-8437
Web: http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~bliao/
Dr. Charles Xu - Current research is focused on biofuels
(hydrogen and bio-oil) and value-added materials (such as chemicals) derived
from biomass, wood / wood waste. Thunder Bay.
Contact: Dr. Charles Xu
Tel: (807) 343-8761
Web: http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~cxu/
Dr. Mathew Leitch - Wood scientist working in the area of
value-added and wood quality. Thunder Bay.
Contact: Dr. Mathew Leitch
Tel: (807) 343-8659
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Government
Great Lakes Forestry Centre – Canadian Forestry Service
Dr. Mamdouh Abou-Zaid - Value added green chemistry. Identifies
natural compounds from forest species. Works with industry to identify value
added chemicals. Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Dr. Mamdouh Abou-Zaid
Tel: (705) 541-5523
Dr. Suzanne Wetzel - Recently published “Bioproducts
In Canada’s Forests: New Partnerships in the Bioeconomy”. Very
knowledgeable with biofuels, bioenergy, biochemicals, protecting forest biomass
from pests, foods from the forest, pharmaceuticals from the forest, nutraceuticals
from the forest, agroforestry, decorative and aesthetic products. Sault Ste.
Marie.
Contact: Dr. Suzanne Wetzel
Tel: (705) 541-5654
Steve Dominy - Beginning in 2006 the Canadian Forest Service,
Great Lakes Forestry Centre will support a national project by establishing
demonstration areas across Ontario using fast-growing clones of willow and
poplar. The objective is to test the suitability and benchmark growth and
yield for a wide variety of clones under varied soil and climate conditions.
Clones will be planted in high density fashion, on former agricultural lands
and management intensively to produce a harvestable crop in three growing
seasons. This crop is expected to be suitable as a bioenergy feedstock for
use by industrial interests.
Contact: Steve Dominy
Tel: (705) 541-5590
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Working to determine
how much biomass is available in Ontario's forests, the viability of extracting
it, the use of innovative technologies including a portable bio-refinery,
developing enabling policies and incentives to expedite biomass to energy
and other products. Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Joe Maure
Tel: (705) 945-5892
Web: http://ofri.mnr.gov.on.ca
Dr. Tom Noland – Development of Canada yew (anticancer
chemical paclitaxel, the drug form of which is called Taxol) in Northern Ontario.
Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Dr. Tom Noland
Tel: (705) 946-7421
Wayne Bell – Studies the environmental impacts of
biomass harvesting (biodiversity, CWD, etc.) Also working to identify the
sources of fibre that are or could be available from numerous forest types
across the province. Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Wayne Bell
Tel: (705) 946-7401
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Industry
BioForest Technologies Incorporated
Develop and commercialize biopesticides to improve forest health. Developed
the EcoJect System (patent pending), a tree injection system for the application
of systemic pesticides in high value trees. Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Craig Howard
Tel: 705-942-5824
Web: http://www.bioforest.ca
Dr. Luc Duchesne
Recently published "Bioproducts In Canada's Forests: New Partnerships in
the Bioeconomy". Very knowledgeable with biofuels, bioenergy, biochemicals,
protecting forest biomass from pests, foods from the forest, pharmaceuticals
from the forest, nutraceuticals from the forest, agroforestry, decorative
and aesthetic products from the forest. See Forest Bioproducts Incorporated.
Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Dr. Luc Duchesne
Tel: (705) 253-0339
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Chemicals
Pulp and Paper Mills in Northern Ontario
Produce various chemicals including tall oil, turpentine, etc.
Contact: Errol Caldwell
Tel: (705) 541-5558
Tembec
Transforms waste generated by pulping process into chemicals including resins,
lignosulfonates and ethanol (alcohol). These chemicals and fuels are produced
in Quebec and are available for purchase while some are used to supply energy
to Tembec's Northern Ontario facilities.
Contact: Lyle Biglow
Tel: (819) 627-3321
Web: http://www.tembec.com
Wood Ash Industries
Uses fly ash and bottom ash as a binder mixed with Portland cement and other
aggregates. Also uses fly ash as a lime substitute. Kirkland Lake.
Contact: Brian Coghlan
Tel: (705) 568-7877
Web: http://www.woodash.net
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Fuels / Energy
Custom Bio-Gas Incorporated
Ferments organic substances to produce methane which is converted into electricity.
Offers both design and build plans, either for complete Bio-Gas plants or
for the retrofitting of existing facilities. Sudbury.
Contact: Warren Maskell
Tel: (705) 855-0539
Web: http://www.bea-biogas.com
EEC Energy Corporation
Anaerobic digestion used to break down the starch and cellulotic components
of crop residue to produce biogas (methane) for electricity generation. Thunder
Bay.
Contact: Jeff Stubbings
Tel: (807) 625-9323
Web: http://www.eecenergy.ca
EnQuest Power
Municipal waste-to-energy gasification system based on a steam reformation
process using proven and tested components that have been updated with the
application of state-of-the-art technology. Sault Ste. Marie.
Web: http://www.enquestpower.com
Fibre Fuel Products Incorporated
Produces wood pellets for fuel. Thunder Bay.
Contact: Garry Wiwcharyk
Tel: (807) 626-4047
Forest Bio-Products Incorporated
A Northern Ontario venture established in 2004 and mandated to identify,
evaluate, license and develop new technologies and processes, and connect
with markets for the adding of value of all forest resources with emphasis
on the bioproducts industry. FBi has developed significant intellectual property
in renewable energy, biofuels, bioplastics, nutraceuticals, foods from the
forest, organic stains and paints and value-added wood products. Sault Ste.
Marie.
Contact: Luc Duchesne
Tel: (705) 253-0339
Green Energy Fuels
Working to utilize canary grass as a fuel and developing canary grass fuel
pellets. Richards Landing.
Contact: Paul Down
Tel: (705) 248-2030
Lakewood Industries
Produces wood pellets for fuel. Red Lake.
Contact: Debra Potter
Tel: (807) 222-3616
Leskowski Consulting (LC Digesters) & Ecoenergy Corp
Manufacturer of advanced design, high rate modular anaerobic digester systems. This design is based on research initiated by Leskowski Consulting, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (NOHFC) with the co-operation of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Features are low cost, compact size, self cleaning (including extraction of sediment and non-organic material), and automatic operation. Systems can handle multiple input materials; they are scalable and portable. Consulting services include regulatory and insurance compliance, energy generation, and sales of output materials. Kaministiquia.
Contact: David Leskowski
Tel: (807) 473-6400
NorWa Manufacturing and Distribution Company Limited
Produces wood pellets for fuel and for livestock bedding. Wawa.
Contact: Gerry Bugyra
Tel: (705) 856 4824
Web: http://www.norwamfg.com
Tembec
Transforms waste generated by pulping process into chemicals including resins,
lignosulfonates and ethanol (alcohol). These chemicals and fuels are produced
in Quebec and are available for purchase while some are used to supply energy
to Tembec's Northern Ontario facilities.
Contact: Lyle Biglow
Tel: (819) 627-3321
Web: http://www.tembec.com
Topia Energy Incorporated
building a biodiesel facility in Sudbury with a targeted 20 million litres per year capacity. Sudbury.
Contact: Janelle Thompson
Tel: (613) 594-4777
Web: http://www.topiaenergy.com
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Fibres
And-Son Contracting
Recycles wood wastes and wood chips. Converts biomass into compost. Sault
Ste. Marie.
Contact: Irene Arbour
Tel: (705) 256-8376
Web: http://www.and-son.ca
Fibratech
Produces particle board. Atikoken.
Contact: Rob Fergeson
Tel: (807) 597-6921
Web: http://www.fibratech.com
Flakeboard Company Limited
Produces particle board. Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Mike Rosso
Tel: (705) 253-0770 ext. 3003
Web: http://www.flakeboard.com
Green Circle Recycling
Recycles paper and boxboard. Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: John Martella
Tel: (705) 945-7554
Web: http://www.greencirclerecycling.com
Lemieux Composting
Collects, hauls and composts biomass. Licensed compost site. Licensed transfer
site of wood waste. Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Kathy Lemieux
Tel: (705) 942-2750
Web: http://www.lemieuxcomposting.com
Lumber Mills in Northern Ontario
Mill by-products include sawdust, bark, wood waste, wood shavings, wood chips
etc.
Contact: Errol Caldwell
Tel: (705) 541-5558
Mikro-Tek Incorporated
Developed a technology to increase carbon sequestration through the application
and management of naturally occurring soil fungi called mycorrhizae. Timmins.
Contact: Mark Kean
Tel: (705) 268-3536
Web: http://www.mikro-tek.com
Pulp and Paper Mills in Northern Ontario
Produce various types of pulp and wood wastes.
Contact: Errol Caldwell
Tel: (705) 541-5558
St. Marys Paper Incorporated Biosolids Project
Project aims to develop Pulp and Paper Mill Biosolids (primary and secondary
mill waste, ash, wood waste and yard waste) into a marketable resource. Sault
Ste. Marie.
Contact: Marc Dube
Tel: (705) 541-2406
Web: http://www.stmarys-paper.com
Weyerhaeuser Canada Limited
Produces oriented strand board. Dryden.
Tel: (705) 856-2771
Web: http://www.weyerhaeuser.com
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Support Organizations
Forintek
A world-class research organization committed to the ongoing prosperity of
the Canadian wood products sector. There mission is to be the leading force
in the technological advancement of the Canadian wood products industry, through
the creation and application of innovative concepts, processes, products and
education. Forintek delivers science and technology in the following areas:
resource assessment, lumber, composites, and other value-added products, secondary
manufacturing, wood drying, wood protection, fire safety and seismic performance,
building systems as well as product evaluation and development. Also see Stephane
Plamondon and Percy Champagne in the directory.
Contact: Frank Laytner
Tel: (705 764-3301
Web: http://www.forintek.ca
Northern Ontario Enterprise Gateway
Aims to create more informed investors and better prepared entrepreneur and
to improve the flow of investment capital and management expertise into start-up
and fast-growth companies in Northern Ontario. Providence Bay.
Contact: Jim Noble
Tel: (800) 924-7600
Percy Champagne
Industry advisor for Forintek’s Northern Ontario Value Added Program
(NOVA). Focuses on Northwestern Ontario. Kenora.
Tel: (807) 467-4641
Science Enterprise Algoma
Science based economic development for bioproducts Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Errol Caldwell
Tel: (705) 541-5558
Web: http://www.seainnovation.com
Stephane Plamondon
Industry advisor for Forintek's Northern Ontario Value Added Program (NOVA)
working to establish Hearst Ethanol One. Knowledgeable in the transformation
of wood waste, Canada yew, and value added. Hearst.
Contact: Stephane Plamondon
Tel: (705) 362-6673
ULERN
A unique coalition of researchers, resource managers, and educators working
in natural resources and environmental fields. Helps to Acquire and lever
funds for development and delivery of science projects. Sault Ste. Marie.
Contact: Margo Shaw
Tel: (705) 541-5718
Web: http://www.ulern.on.ca
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Contact
Errol Caldwell, Executive Director
Science Enterprise Algoma
1219 Queen Street East
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
P6A 2E5
Tel: 705-541-5888
Cell: 705-255-1558
Fax: 705-541-5702
Email: e.caldwell@seainnovation.com
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