Biomass Working Group Needs - Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Biomass Working Group Needs - Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Biomass Working Group Needs - Ontario Federation of Agriculture
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Questions for the <strong>Biomass</strong> Business<br />
Case <strong>Working</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />
• Is there a business case if ag biomass pellets from<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> are paid $ 175/tonne delivered at Rotterdam,<br />
Netherlands?<br />
• Supply/demand and price projections <strong>of</strong> corn, soybeans<br />
and wheat for next 10 years; which can be used for<br />
estimating risks and opportunity cost <strong>of</strong> growing non‐food<br />
biomass<br />
• Hay and other feed demand from the growing beef<br />
industry in developing countries (US is currently exporting<br />
DDG from corn ethanol plants to China for feed; current<br />
price <strong>of</strong> DDG is ~ $ 200/tonne)<br />
Questions for the <strong>Biomass</strong> Business<br />
Case <strong>Working</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />
• Feasibility <strong>of</strong> a distributed biomass power generation<br />
plant (~ 100 MW) and process integration opportunities<br />
(such as combined heat and power, integrating with grain milling and<br />
vegetable greenhouse, etc.).<br />
• Job creation and macro‐economic benefits and price impact<br />
from creating the distributed biomass power generation<br />
capacity (let's say 5,000 MW) in <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
• Integrating with overall waste management strategy;<br />
– i.e AD plant for municipal green waste combined with manure AD<br />
and agricultural residuals power generation<br />
• Integrating with bio‐fibre and bio‐composite plants
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