New white paper accelerates the shift to bioheat in Canada

Yukon elementary school installs biomass heating system

The Elijah Smith Elementary School in Whitehorse is

Advancing Wood Pellet Systems in Canada webinar draws hundreds

Advancing wood pellet heating systems in Canada is

6 highlights from the first annual Bioheat Week

Canadian Biomass teamed up this year with eight

The Canadian Bioheat Database is going online

The Canadian Bioheat Database, first developed in 2014

20/20 hindsight: 5 biomass boiler blunders and what I’d do next time

Heizomat Canada’s Grant Rawcliffe shares 5 things he’d do differently after 9 years

WPAC Report: Wood pellets taking centre stage

Wood pellets are going mainstream in the seismic shift toward clean energy, writes WPAC

University’s biomass plant surpasses targets for energy‑efficiency gains

Dalhousie fired up its revamped biomass plant in

Pel-air systems: Pellet boilers meet forced air heating

HPAC magazine writer John Siegenthaler explores design options for retrofitting a pellet

Welcome to Bioheat Week 2023

Bioheat Week has arrived – our inaugural spotlight

Upcoming webinar: Biomass heating – a low cost and low carbon option

Curious about key aspects of developing a quality

The inaugural Bioheat Week is coming soon!

Canadian Biomass is bringing the message of bioheat

Upcoming webinar: Advancing wood pellet heating systems in Canada

In Canada, around 80 per cent of home

N.W.T. energy conference lights up biomass heating solutions

The 2023 Northwest Territories Biomass Week draws support from federal, territorial and

Arctic bioenergy: Study finds wood-based heat and power can benefit the North

For Canada’s northern and remote communities, bioenergy represents an opportunity not

Study to explore biomass district energy heating in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

A heating network using biomass and wind energy would connect over 90 per cent of

Heating Yellowknife: District energy system helps NWT reduce carbon footprint

A new district energy system in Yellowknife from J&R Mechanical is helping the N.W.T.

A perfect match: European boilers and Canadian wood pellets

How matching the best of European boiler technology with wood pellets will benefit

First Schmid biomass boiler installed in Canada

With a desire to reduce the ecological footprint

Opinion: The missing low-carbon infrastructure

How heat networks can help decarbonize Canada’s cities and

New guidance on managing air emissions from small solid biomass combustors highlights importance of wood biomass

The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

Making a switch: chicken farmer sees benefits transitioning to oat hull pellets for heating

Canada is one of the largest producers of

Going green: Greenhouse sees benefits switching to a wood chip boiler for heating

In April 2020, when Frédéric Tremblay installed a

From cardboard to pellets: pilot project in Inuvik looks to use waste cardboard for heating

A pilot research project that began in Inuvik, N.W.T.,

Opinion: Realizing the benefits of combined heat and power systems

Efficiency is important. We talk about it a

WPAC Maritime Bioheat conference highlights potential for biomass heating in Canada

The first-ever Maritime Bioheat Conference, Net Zero by

WPAC webinar highlights opportunity for boiler standards modernization in Canada

On May 7, I had the honour of

Heating up: BSB installs first-of-its-kind steam wood pellet boiler in North America

What do you get when you team up

Remotely powerful: Nine rural communities’ experience with bioenergy – Part 4

A look at the communities’ training and capacity

Remotely powerful: Nine rural communities’ experience with bioenergy – Part 3

A look at the communities’ biomass fuels and supply

Remotely powerful: Nine rural communities’ experience with bioenergy – Part 2

A look at the technical and operational

Remotely powerful: Nine rural communities’ experience with bioenergy – Part 1

[Editor’s note: this article is the first in

WPAC: to lower GHG emissions, BC should prioritize solid biofuels for heat

In 2018, the Government of British Columbia released

Biofuel boiler puts the ‘green’ in greenhouse

Talk about walking a fine line. Greenhouse growers

From propane to biomass: BC community undertakes biomass heating project

The transition from fossil fuels to sustainable sources

Untying the Gordian Knot: changing pellet boiler standards would benefit Canadians

In September 2017, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic

Case study: HVTS cladding helps prevent boiler corrosion

A-waste-to-energy (WtE) boiler was experiencing fireside corrosion. Shop-applied

FPInnovations releases new guide on solid wood bioheat

Canada is a winter nation resulting in Canadians

PEI’s biomass boiler story

Inside Steven Townsend’s efforts to change PEI’s biomass boiler

Down with diesel? Tsay Keh Dene Nation looks to biomass for heating needs

Tsay Keh Dene Nation has embarked on a

Ontario’s outdated emissions factors preventing use of bioheat systems

Modern wood heating technology could help Ontarians drastically

Boiler maintenance best practices

Industry experts share tips for properly maintaining biomass

CSA publishes first Canadian guide for wood chip fuel

A new CSA SPE 2254:19 Guide to Wood

Oujé-Bougoumou installs Canada’s largest containerized wood biomass boiler

A first nation in northern Quebec that has

Pellet boiler reduces BC schools’ heating costs

Cataline Elementary, a school in Williams Lake, B.C.,

Eliminating boiler barriers in Canada

March 7, 2019 - Canada produces about three million tonnes of wood pellets a year,

Bioheat blunders: Typical mistakes made by new wood heating projects

Nov. 6, 2018 - Over the past 10 years the development of biomass heating projects has

Calculate the benefits of a new modern wood pellet boiler

March 23, 2018 - Demand for premium wood pellets in the U.S. is dominated by households

Burning red tape: Ontario eases boiler permitting

Feb. 21, 2018 - The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) recently

Equipment spotlight: 2018 boiler buyers guide

Feb. 1, 2018 - Canadian Biomass takes a look at the newest boiler technology for Canadian

New wood pellet heat website officially launches

Oct. 18, 2017 - The Wood Pellet Association of Canada (WPAC), in partnership with

New Brunswick schools choose biomass boilers

Sept. 29, 2017 - Two New Brunswick high schools are receiving an education in biomass

Editorial: Heating north of 60 with biomass

Sept. 28, 2017 - We know the majority of Canadians live within 160 kilometres of the U.S.

Remote Haida community installs 720-kW biomass boiler

Aug. 22, 2017 - From tiny seedlings mighty cedars grow. Or, in this case, from $30,000

BCIT burning to learn with biomass-fuelled boiler system

Aug. 1, 2017 - The boiler system residing at the British Columbia Institute of Technology

Spotlight on biomass boilers

Feb. 3, 2017 - Canadian Biomass has the latest in biomass boiler technology available to

Developing solid standards for biomass

November 25, 2016 - The use of solid biomass - in the form of wood chips, pellets,

NRCan publishes Solid Biofuels Bulletins

November 18, 2016 - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has produced a collection of