Large multi-national…

Large multi-national corporations, like Siemens and Schneider Electric, et al, have publicly stated greenhouse gas reduction goals, some in fact want to be carbon neutral but very few have included biomass in their strategies. This goes for municipal corporations too, who should be leading the way in switching from fossil fuels to more biomass.

An action plan should include having municipalities heat up to 25% of their total square footage with biomass by 2030. Also, by 2030, the Government of Ontario should seek to displace stated volumes of propane or natural gas. If the Government’s goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they should commit to displacing fossil fuels by exact measures.

The United States is ahead of Canada on offering corporations tax incentives for switching heating loads to modern biomass systems, (not the older outdoor cordwood boiler technology). Ontario could take a very progressive move forward and become the North American leader in converting off of fossil fuels to biomass. Ontario has the biomass and the technology available but there is little incentive to switch off fossil fuels to biomass specifically. Because of the conservative nature of the biomass industry, it does not have access to the lobbying power or dollars of wind and solar, so opportunities like these are very important to us and appreciate every opportunity to educate and inform a Government that's willing to listen.