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Public, private sector lead Sault bio oil plant proposal.


Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada.  could soon boast a cogeneration facility fuelled by bio oil. A group of private and public sector groups led by the Sault Ste. Marie Public Utilities Commission Services Inc., DynaMotive Energy Systems of Vancouver, B.C. and Megallan Aerospace of Mississauga currently has a feasibility study "A Feasibility Study" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 13 April, 1964, during the first season. It was remade in 1997 as part of the revived The Outer Limits series with a minor title change.  underway to potentially build a 2.5-megawatt plant fuelled by bio oil. The plant would serve the Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km).  Forestry Centre in the Sault and the adjacent Ontario Forest Research Institute Ontario Forest Research Institute (OFRI) is a division of the Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) (OMNR) located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. This institute is composed of research scientists, specialists, statisticians, technicians, management, and . If the feasibility study proves positive, the project could be commissioned sometime in 2005.

Officials with the public utility say the primary feedstock for the production of bio oil is expected to be unused wood biomass from the forest industries or harvesting operations such as slash currently burned at roadside.

The city is taking an inventory of potential feedstock sources for bio oil, including municipal sewage sludge.
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Title Annotation:Sault Ste Marie
Publication:Northern Ontario Business
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Date:Apr 1, 2004
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