6th Annual Biomass Workshop & Tour

The Biomass Initiative at Providence

Bruce DugganDirectorBullerCentre.com

Providence is what?

• Christian

• small

• rural

actions• carpooling• recycling• energy retrofits

‐ windows‐ insulation‐ boilers

• community garden• geothermal• wind research• biomass• rural transit• campus redesign

Providence Creation Care

about energy

distributed biomass heating

distributed

natural gas

biomass

heating

“heats more than 1 building”

naturalgas

biomass

• carpooling• recycling• energy retrofits

‐ windows‐ insulation‐ boilers

• community garden• geothermal• wind research• biomass• rural transit• campus redesign

What Now?

replicate in other institutions

BiomassBrokerageManitoba

industry infrastructure – a brokerage

distributed biomass heating

A Brokerage?

examples• Manitoba Buy & Sell

• kijiji

• eBay

• Manitoba Hay Registry

• Pellet Zone

• Stick Man

cattails

forestryresidue

urbanforest

prunings

woodproductio

nresidue

willow

straw

foodproductio

nresidue loose

baled

cubed

pelletized

truck

rail

ash

silo

elevator

shed

barn

stove

stoker

generator

A Brokerage Makes a Market

A Brokerage Makes a Market

A Brokerage Makes a Market

A Brokerage Makes a Market

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