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Article: A new kind of harvest: provincial off-coal promise speeds prospects for northwestern Ontario peat fuel development.(SPECIAL REPORT FORESTRY)(Peat Resources Ltd)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- February 1, 2009
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A test burn of peat pellets this spring at an Atikokan generating station could build a case for a new type of forestry in northwestern Ontario.
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Peat Resources Ltd. is working with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and university researchers to determine if peat can be a viable renewable fuel to help the province get off using coal for electricity generation by 2014.
The Toronto's company's once-stalled peat harvesting project in Upsala is back on track through a collaboration with the Ontario Centres of Excellence, Lakehead University, Ottawa's CANMET Energy Technology Centre and OPG.
They are involved in a large ...