Bioenergy and Wood Technical Team
The team Identifies needed resource inventories and works to create a regional database. They perform feasibility studies of commercial development and share the results among the region as well as providing assistance for energy/biofuel & wood related business start-ups. These can include feasibility studies & business plans, web-based background information, marketing data, and project financing.
The team contributes to the development of a provincial bio-energy/wood association and propose to host the webpage for the association through the world-class community portal in Chapleau that will link all other relevant sites from around the world and encourage interactivity and commercial exchanges on the portal. Also the team produces resource materials for energy projects including reports, videos, and legal background documents; conducts specific research activities which the Technical Committee will determine as necessary to de-risk investment, create proprietary intellectual property as well as shoulder some of the late R & D risks of industrial partners. The main point of the research is to conduct experiments and developments that are expected to lead to short term gains for the region.