RE: GAS-L: Shipping biomass

[Peter Singfield <snkm@btl.net>]

Hi All;

Would it be feasible to pelletize and market pellets from bagasse?? Bagasse
is a high ash biomass product -- however.

>Their truck keeps the hoppers filled with pellets and therefore the
>end user finds this type of wood burning as handy as gas or electric heat.
>No fuss, no mess.

Interesting!! What kind of furnaces?? What kind of system??

Peter Singfield / Belize



At 06:12 AM 10/31/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi All:
>
>I reside just down the road from Prince George based pellet Flame Inc. These
>are the folks that are shipping wood pellets to Sweden from BC. Before these
>pellets reach the port of Vancouver to be loaded for shipping to Sweden they
>must first be moved from 800KM inland where they are produced. The owner
>tells me this distance makes the profitability borderline but it was his
>only large market to get his business going. This company is also setting up
>hopper/automatic fuel delivery systems for local commercial and residential
>users. Their truck keeps the hoppers filled with pellets and therefore the
>end user finds this type of wood burning as handy as gas or electric heat.
>No fuss, no mess. With the development of this local market things are
>looking up for PFI.
>
>Phil Marsh
>Marsh Bros.
>Ph (250) 569-2795
>Fax (250) 569-2247


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