World Sentinel | General Biofuels Canada Agrees to Acquire Land in the City of Terrace for New Wood Pellet Plant

World Sentinel | General Biofuels Canada Agrees to Acquire Land in the City of Terrace for New Wood Pellet Plant
The City of Terrace and General Biofuels Canada have reached an agreement on terms to purchase property for a wood pellet facility in Terrace, British Columbia. General Biofuels Canada will be utilizing wood supply obtained throughout the region to manufacture premium wood pellets. The wood pellet facility will be operating with an initial capacity of 150,000 – 200,000 metric tonnes per year, growing to a capacity of up to 500,000 metric tonnes per year in the next several years. David Smith, Vice President of Corporate Development of General Biofuels, states: "General Biofuels Canada is committed to developing a significant presence in the wood pellet industry in northern British Columbia. We´re excited to be working with the City of Terrace and look forward to a successful project."

Terrace Standard - Hyder students go to Stewart school

Terrace Standard - Hyder students go to Stewart school
BEAR VALLEY School in Stewart has had an increase of three students this year from neighbouring Hyder, Alaska after their school shut down due to low enrollment.

Lauren Burch, superintendent of the Southeast Island School District in Alaska, located in Thorne Bay explains that due to dwindling enrollment the school could no longer operate.

Terrace Standard Editorial - Go green

Terrace Standard - Go green
IT’S BEEN a mystery as to why Prime Minister Stephen Harper chose a visit to Washington D.C. last September as the place to announce he’s willing put up to $130 million into the much-planned Northwest Transmission Line running up Hwy37 North.

But consider that American President Barack Obama wants to put billions into ‘green’ power and then look at a map.

As now planned, the Northwest Transmission Line would stop at a place called Bob Quinn on Hwy37 North. Barely 95 kilometres to the west sits the Alaskan Panhandle, a location hydro-electric proponents say contains 3,000 megawatts of viable projects. That’s roughly one-third of B.C. Hydro’s entire output.

CBC News - North - Hydro expansion will be 'rate neutral': Yukon Energy

CBC News - North - Hydro expansion will be 'rate neutral': Yukon Energy
Yukon Energy Corp. says customers won't pay a cent for millions of dollars in anticipated environmental benefits from its Mayo B hydroelectric expansion project.

The public utility's $160-million plan to build a new power plant and a connecting power line, still needs regulatory approvals from the Yukon Utilities Board, Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board, and the Yukon Water Board.

The power plant itself will cost $120 million, while another $40 million will be spent on building the Carmacks-Stewart transmission line, which will connect Yukon Energy's Mayo-Dawson hydro grid to the Whitehorse grid.

Yukon Energy president David Morrison said despite the plan's pricetag — making it the most expensive project in the territory's history — electrical ratepayers will pay about $36.5 million.

Spread out over time, the project's costs will not cost ratepayers a cent, Morrison said.

Ketchikan supplements with diesel generation KRBD - Ketchikan

KRBD - Public Radio in Ketchikan, Alaska - Local News
Deanna Garrison
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA (2010-01-07) Beginning Friday, Ketchikan Public Utilities will start operating diesel generators at a cost of $36,000 a day. KPU says a surge in electricity usage and dry weather last year is causing the utility to rely on costly diesel power.

CBC News - North - Too costly to hook up to northern B.C. power line: Yukon Energy

CBC News - North - Too costly to hook up to northern B.C. power line: Yukon Energy

Terrace Standard - Big push for Alaska-B.C. power line

Terrace Standard - Big push for Alaska-B.C. power line
AMERICAN PROPONENTS of a power line connecting Southeast Alaska with B.C. providing access to the North American electricity market say they need their governor to speak to B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell.

They’re convinced a groundswell of support in southeastern Alaska can now be transformed into action on a senior political level, says Paul Southland, a Wrangell, Alaska resident and key backer of the ACEcoaltion with ACE standing for Alaska Canada Energy. The key now, says Southland, is the planned Northwest Transmission Line which would run north of Terrace up to a place called Bob Quinn on Hwy37 North.

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