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Cleantech Convergence

Through SDTC-funded projects, Canadian companies are developing technologies to seize upon the waste-to-energy and waste-to-value opportunities in the forestry sector. These innovations allow forestry operations to generate their own clean heat and power from the waste they produce—cutting their energy costs and reducing their consumption of external resources—and also enable new revenue streams by converting waste into in-demand products such as chemicals, solvents and consumer goods.

Ensyn Technologies Inc.

Through its biomass refner, converts forestry waste into biofuel and other valuable chemical products.

Lignol Innovations Corp.

Produces fuel-grade ethanol and bio-products from pine-beetle killed biomass and other feedstocks.

Nexterra Systems Corp.

Its gasifcation system allows companies to self-generate clean, low-cost heat and power from waste.

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