by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … Backed by a $10M investment from Natural Resources Canada’s Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program and an additional $4.4M from the Québec Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, the Cabano plant will replace its current process – the production of sodium carbonate-based chemical pulp – with this new, more environmentally friendly and economical one that was developed in conjunction with a U.S. partner. This innovative new process – a Canadian first – will be implemented in retrofit to the existing Cabano mill.
With GreenBox+ hemicelluloses are extracted from wood chips to make a chemical free and high yield corrugated medium pulp. Via GreenBox+ technology, the Cabano mill will replace its existing sodium carbonate-based chemical process, reducing its environmental footprint and realizing cost savings in terms of reduced energy consumption. Key success factors of GreenBox+ include cost effective treatment of the extract, being able to return consistent pulp quality to the paper machine with uninterrupted operation, and an effective energy integration of ethanol production with biopower.
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Hemicellulose, a natural polymer found in plant cell walls, presents myriad opportunities ranging from power generation to biofuels such as ethanol, as well as the production of natural sugar-based value-added products.
Cascades is a leader in the recovery of recyclable materials and manufacturing of green packaging products and tissue paper.
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These green technologies have wide applications in the renewable materials and fuels fields – ranging from corrugated pulp mills to pulp mill biomass boilers to 2G-ethanol production from cane. READ MORE