

Garbage to energy: GM to tap landfill gas for co-generation power
The automaker’s facilities in Oshawa are now 100% landfill free.

GM proposing co-gen power for St. Catharines propulsion plant
Project aims to reduce electricity costs, greenhouse gas emissions by 77%.
Fortress Paper mill conversion ramps up after recent problems
Co-generation project at Thurso, Que. cellulose mill nears completion.

UBC gets biogasified
Nexterra hedges its bets on fledgling syngas
Resolute buys Boralex co-gen plant in Quebec
Resolute Forest Products has purchased the idled co-generation operation at Dolbeau, Que., from Boralex for $5 million.
Imperial Oil sanctions $2B Cold Lake expansion
Imperial Oil Limited has approved a $2 billion expansion of the company’s Cold Lake operation in northeastern Alberta.
Lower Chinese lumber, pulp demand until mid 2012: Tembec
Forest products company Tembec says that Chinese demand for Canadian lumber and pulp has peaked and will remain soft throughout the winter.
Boralex takes a writedown on closed biomass plant
Renewable energy producer Boralex is closing its troubled Dolbeau, Que. wood residue plant and taking a financial writeoff.