Kanādā jauna investīciju programma "nākošās paaudzes" biomasas kurināmā ražošanas demonstrējuma projektiem

The NextGen Biofuels Fund, with $500 million from Ottawa, "will jump-start the development and production of the next generation of renewable fuels in Canada," says James Stanford, chairman of the fund's manager, Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
"This fund will aim to take advantage of the abundance of suitable biomass materials available in Canada by funding large-scale demonstration facilities and encouraging the growth and retention of home-grown technologies and expertise in Canada," Stanford says.
It will pay up to 40 per cent of the costs of "first-of-kind large demonstration-scale facilities." The money is repayable over 10 years, based on the project's cash flow.
So-called next-generation renewable feedstocks include fast-growing grasses, agricultural residues and forest biomass, and Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a federal foundation which has more than $1 billion to fund green innovations, says Canada has abundant cellulose-based materials "which have an energy content that is significantly higher than conventional biofuel feedstocks."

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