Overview

Located in the most fibre-rich region of the world, Pacific BioEnergy manufacturers a high quality renewable biomass fuel derived from wood residue that is compressed into uniform cylindrical pellets. When combusted, the energy stored in the wood can meet all your ongoing energy needs while being sustainable and gentle to the environment.

Unlike fossil fuels, bioenergy is both renewable and carbon neutral. The combustion of biomass fuels merely releases the CO2 that the trees absorbed over their life spans. In contrast, the combustion of fossil fuels releases large quantities of long-stored CO2, which contributes directly to climate change. Using bioenergy displaces fossil fuels and helps slow the rate of climate change. This movement, called the carbon cycle, is nature's way of moving carbon around to support life.

Through the process of photosynthesis, carbon energy is stored in biomass like a natural battery. The chlorophyll in trees and plant life captures the sun’s energy by converting carbon dioxide from the air and water from the ground into carbohydrates; complex compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When these carbohydrates are burned, they turn back into carbon dioxide and water and release the sun’s energy they contain. When biomass is produced and managed on a sustainable basis with only as much used as is grown, this natural battery will last indefinitely.

Young, vibrant forests are “carbon sinks”, requiring carbon dioxide to grow. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable and thus sustainable biomass energy sources such as wood pellets results in net CO2 emission reductions. For example, burning one metric tonne (mT) of wood pellets in place of “steam” coal generates comparable energy output and reduces net CO2 emissions by approximately 1.75 mT.

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