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CANBIO Annual National Bioenergy
Conference,
Trade Show and Technology Tours
Bioenergy Innovation and Business Models that WORK in Canada
The 'must do' Canadian biomass event
September 30 - October 1, 2010
Vancouver, BC
Information | Agenda | Register Here
Tradeshow registration - Watch also for other interesting events.
- CANBIO Conference and Trade Show
June 15-17, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario
June 15: Bioenergy business models that work in Canada
June 16: Bioenergy policy: what works, what doesn't
June 17 a.m.: Go Pellets Canada Consultation
View list of presentations made at this very successful event
CANBIO is a national, industry-driven, non-profit organization of
individuals, businesses and non-governmental organizations interested in
the development, promotion and use of bioenergy.
MISSION
To promote utilization of sustainable biomass for the production of bio-fuels,
heat and power.
For further information, send us an e-mail: info@canbio.ca
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Canadian Trade Mission generates potentially $10 million in new biomass projects
For nearly 50 years following the Second World War, Güssing Austria, tucked in the forested hills near the guarded Hungarian border, lost all East-West economic flows because of the Iron Curtain. But 17 years ago, the town, struggling to pay its high fuel bills and needing a new economic model, ordered all public buildings to stop using fossil fuels for energy.
Installing district heating and a large biomass-fired power plant allowed Güssing to get off oil—and gave it a stable, reliable energy price unlike surrounding communities whose bills fluctuated wildly with the oil and gas markets. That stable energy price became a magnet for coaxing 50 new renewable energy companies to plant their feet in the town—and created 1000 new, local jobs.
It’s a model that CanBio president and executive director, Douglas Bradley knew Canadian biomass developers and municipalities needed to see, so CanBio worked closely with the Austrian and Italian trade commissions and the federal government’s Global Opportunities for Associations (GOA) program to organize a five-day Trade Mission of innovative biomass heat and power installations in Austria and Northern Italy.
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CanBio China Mission sparks up to $500 million in investment for bioenergy sector
When a dozen Canadian bioenergy and forest companies visited Beijing on a trade mission this May, the demand from 75 Chinese investors for one-on-one meetings was so great, that there was not enough time in the day to fulfill it.
Canadian Bioenergy Association (CanBio) president and executive director, Douglas Bradley, who led the mission estimates up to $500 million may be invested in Canada as a result of the recent mission.
“China has $20 billion to invest in renewable energy overseas. And Canada, with its ready supply of renewable biomass and the technology to convert it to energy and high-value products, is a very attractive partner for us,” Kai Johan Jiang, president of DP Cleantech, China’s largest bioenergy power producer, told the Canadians.
CanBio wants to ensure that a significant chunk of the $20 billion is invested in Canadian bioenergy projects and technologies. So in autumn, a number of Chinese investors, led by Kai Johan Jiang, are coming to Vancouver to meet Canadian developers at CanBio’s annual conference from September 30 to October 1, 2010.