UBC researchers look to produce pellets from low quality biomass

In Canada, with financial support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s AgriScience Program, a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) aims to produce durable and homogeneous pellets with consistent quality from under-utilized and low-quality biomass resources in Canada. As a member of BioFuelNet Canada (BFN), the UBC Biomass & Bioenergy Research Group (BBRG) is leading this project in collaboration with the Wood Pellet Association of Canada (WPAC) and BFN. This research project is part of BioMass Canada Cluster with the overall goal of mobilizing under-utilized biomass resources in Canada to commoditize biomass for bioenergy, biofuels and bioproducts.