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A sawmill in McBride, B.C., that shutdown 13 years ago is getting a new life as a wood pellet plant.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Boreal BioEnergy, a B.C.-based forestry company, has purchased the site and started building the new plant in the community about 200 kilometres southeast of Prince George in the central Interior.<\/p>\n

\"We're well into our engineering and we're hoping to start our civil works this fall,\" company CEO Jason Janus told Daybreak North host Carolina de Ryk.<\/p>\n

Construction is expected to start early next year and the plant will begin operations in late 2020. Once it's fully operational, it will produce up to 250,000 tonnes of black pellets each year, creating 50 to 60 jobs for the region.<\/p>\n

The plant's first shipment of wood pellets is scheduled to arrive in Japan in 2021.<\/p>\n

Torrefaction is a process in which wood biomass is heated in the absence of oxygen to produce a fuel that burns more like coal than the original wood fibre.<\/p>\n

Janus expects the plant will be in business for at least 15 years, based on contracts with purchasers.<\/p>\n

\"I think there is definitely a niche for pellet producers to be able to fill some of that forestry gap because unlike the forestry industry, which is subject to price changes and fluctuations, we tend to operate more like ... a commodity \u2014 like coal,\" he said. \"So we can do future planning with a great deal more certainty.\"<\/p>\n

Janus said the company is also looking at doing the same in Fort Nelson and Fort St. John in northeastern B.C., both at old sawmill sites. He said he hopes to be in the pre-engineering phase for both of those plants by this fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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