First Nations get federal funding for green fuel project – Northern Ontario Business
A corporation owned by 10 First Nations is looking to build a biorefinery in Fort Frances
FORT FRANCES — A corporation owned by 10 First Nations in the District of Rainy River is moving forward with a plan to produce low-carbon transportation fuels from wood waste.
Wanagekong-Biiwega’iganan Clean Energy Corporation (WBCEC) has received $2.25 million from the federal government’s Clean Fuels Fund to conduct an engineering study for a commercial plant in Fort Frances.
It would transform waste from the 1.5 million-hectare Boundary Waters Forest — such as bark, sawdust and logging debris — into airline fuel, diesel and naphtha, a type of fuel.
