THE BIO ECONOMY IN RURAL EASTERN ONTARIO; STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS ONTARIO EAST WOOD CENTRE & ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK DECEMBER 1, 2011
TRADITION • Background • History • Naturalized Knowledge System • Opportunities
• Innovation, Science and Technology • Partners and Players • Momentum • Organization • The OEWC underway
• GreenLight projects
INNOVATION
GREAT INFLUENCE OF FIRST NATIONS ON EASTERN ONTARIO • Mohawks arrived in Bay of Quinte in 1784 as Haudinsaunee moved north from U.S. • Farmers and builders
• Trees prior to European settlement
NATURALIZED KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM IN KEEPING WITH THE GREAT WAY OF PEACE • The Earth is our Mother • The spiritual is close to the Earth • Everything is connected to everything • Responsibility is the best practice • Knowledge is powerful but only when it is shared • Co-operation is the way to survive • Place is important Henry Lickers, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
EUROPEANS LIVED BY A DIFFERENT CODE
LUMBER BARONS “BUILT” OTTAWA • John R. Booth a prime example • *Worked as a carpenter, then “established shingles business that morphed into a small sawmill” • “not only lumber and railway baron but also the wealthiest man in Ottawa and one of the most innovative business men of his time. • Became “largest lumber producer in the world”* *Mohammed Adam in Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 2011
THE GREAT LAKES/ST LAWRENCE FORESTS WERE CLEARED FROM MANY FIELDS • Building homes • Ships for mother England • Loyalists had to clear land for crops
Sawyer at Upper Canada Village with one of the last big hickory logs
IN THE 1930S LUMBER TOWNS TURNED INTO PULP AND PAPER TOWNS
TODAY: OTTAWA VALLEY SUSTAINABLE FOREST INDUSTRIES • Can we make it out of wood? Resounding Yes, from Renfrew County • I million metric tonnes of Pulp wood available – with little market currently – great potential for innovative use • In Renfrew county a $294,000,000 business • Ontario needs to raise the feed In tariff for biomass to just 20 cents • See video “Green Jobs in Ontario” on www.eomf.on.ca or at http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=PnMRlhlPj04
CAN WE CREATE A SUSTAINABLE BIO ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE?
THE BIG PICTURE Climate change, shifting global markets, energy security, jobs disappear, decline of rural economies Time for the creative economy
ARE WE CAPABLE OF RESPONDING? Federal and provincial governments and NGOs respond with flurry of policies/ programs; rural communities undertake a patch work of initiatives
Yes we can!! Ontario East Wood Centre & EcoIndustrial Park created by the Eastern Ontario Model Forest and many partners work to restructure forest industry of Eastern Ontario and rejuvenate our economy based on sustainable, advanced use of forest and field; we prepare for the “third revolution.�
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Environmental, Social And Cultural Benefits; Three Streams Of Valueadded Products From Sustainably Managed Great Lakes /St. Lawrence/Ottawa Valley Forests and Farms Value-added solid wood products
• Houses for First Nations • Housing components • Innovative wood products from many different tree species • Foods and medicines
Biochemicals
Bioenergy
• Platform chemicals • World markets • Niche extractives • 50 years plus of community experience in chemical processing
• Second and third generation biofuels • Pellets • Cogen - Combined Heat and Power
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BEST OPPORTUNITIES Pharmaceuticals (collection) Nutraceuticals Manufactured Housing
Market Growth
NTFPs
Bio-chemicals Bio-Materials
Cabinets EWPs Millwork - Other
Bio-energy
Furniture Bio’s Millwork – Doors/Windows
$Thousands
Capital Investment
$ millions
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BIOPRODUCTS FROM WOOD
Background on wood chemistry from University of Toronto Faculty of Forestry and others
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EXAMPLE OF BIO-BASED CHEMICALS
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GEOGRAPHIC AND NATURAL ADVANTAGE; ONTARIO’S EASTERN ZONE
Algonquin Park
Haliburton
Peterborough
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NORTH AMERICA’S MOST SIGNIFICANT HARD WOOD FOREST: FOREST AVAILABILITY, 300KM RADIUS; ONTARIO, QUÉBEC AND NEW YORK STATE
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THE WOOD-BASED BIO-ECONOMY • Over 70 different species of wood: maple, oak, Eastern white pine, birch, basswood, ash, and many more • Renewable resources, like forests, not just food, feed and fibre, but energy, chemicals and materials while bringing important environmental benefits • Forestry industry in Canada – 270,000 jobs; 2% of GDP • “An integrated mill … 5 times as many jobs as any stand alone bio-operation” FPAC February 1, 2010
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INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE: GOOD EXAMPLE AT CLEARYDALE FARM NEAR SPENCERVILLE
GRAIN IN BY SHIP..…80,000 TONNES THREE SHIPS EQUAL 2,000 TRUCKLOADS $34 MILLION IMPROVEMENTS MAKE PORT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS
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SITING OF NEW WHARF; EIP AND GREENFIELD IN FOREGROUND
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INCORPORATION OF OEWC & EIP COMPLETE; OBJECTS ARE: 1. The development of a forest and biomass based and innovation-inspired cluster of industrial, business and demonstration projects in an ecologically sound environment 2. A platform for scientific collaboration, business development, demonstration, piloting, commercialization, exporting and marketing of a wide array of innovative value-added wood and biomass products, including but not limited to: solid wood building components, biochemicals and bioenergy 3. Assistance to the forest industry in creating uses for underutilized, lower value wood in Eastern Ontario and the region and 4. Participation in the restructuring of the forest industry of the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence forest for the benefit of rural communities and in partnership with a variety of other organizations, academic institutions, individuals and agencies with compatible goals. 24
BOARD OF DIRECTORS • Alastair Baird, Manager of Renfrew County Economic Development Department • Brian Barkley, RPF: president of Canadian Model Forest Network, Interim chair of the board • Ray Bonenberg; retired MNR Director of Southern Region • Tony Bull (founding director), retired Parks Canada director, VP EOMF • Dr. Michel Caron, La Cité collégiale • Larry Dishaw (founding director) former mayor • Greg Gooch, P. Eng. • Deputy Mayor John Hunter, Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal • Geri Kamenz: Chair of Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission, area farmer • Craig Kelley: Community Development Officer Renfrew County
• Sandra S. Lawn BSc, MPA: Project Leader, (founding director • Dave Lemkay: Executive Director, Renfrew Industrial Commission • Henry Lickers, Environmental Officer, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne • Jason Linkewich, B. Com, FCMA: Vice President – Fibre Supply Strategy, Tembec • Dr. Steven Liss: Vice Principal (Research) Queen’s University • Dennis Senik, P. Eng., MBA • Dr. Sandy Smith: Dean of Faculty of Forestry at University of Toronto • Dr. Ed White: Professor Emeritus, SUNY ESF • Michael Wildman: CAO of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal 25
SPECIAL ADVISORS
• Patrick Huot, P.Eng., Industry Canada • Ian Manson, Economist, MNR • Dr. Geoff Whitfield; retired chief scientist DuPont Canada • Dr. Peter Hall, former NRCan • David Mody, P. Eng., Queen’s • Tom Richardson, forest industry • Jim McCready, forester, Pres. EOMF • Dr. Sally Krigstin (U of T) • Vivian Peachy • Doug Cleary, agriculture • Robin Crawford, technology • Mark Angelini, Ontario Wood Export expert • Dr. Warren Mabee, Queen’s • Jamie Stephens, UBC/Queen’s • Dr. Susan Wood: Director of Research, Queen’s • Denny Doyle, Glenn McDougall and Rick Clayton of Doyletech, Ottawa • Elizabeth Nanticoke, Akwesasne • Dr. Tom Amidon, New York SUNY, Environmental Science and Forestry • Dr. Paul Stuart, École Polytechnique • Al Sprague, P.Eng. • Dr. Neil Thomas and many others
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BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 AT QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY • Presentations from three prospective industries • World overview of renewable chemicals and fuels by Dennis Senik, P.Eng. e.g. a $100 billion high-growth market; biofuels lead • Theme of meeting – “Call to Action” • Henry Lickers’ Traditional Haudinsaunee Thanksgiving Address and Closing set stage for continuing progress • The Jeremy Rifkin lecture later in the day reinforced how well positioned the OEWC is for furthering a collaborative approach to restructuring the forest industry in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence hard wood forest • FedDev Prosperity Initiative Letter of Intent in place; currently under active review
Dr. Susan Wood, Director of Queen’s Office of Research Services and Ray Bonenberg Acting Chair
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KEY PUBLIC AND ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIPS: COLLABORATION THE KEY • Algonquin)College,)Ottawa)and)Pembroke,) Ontario:)MOU)in)place;)Department)of) Applied)Research)and)Innovation)Director)) • Grenville)Community)Futures)Development) Corporation) • Eastern)Ontario)Model)Forest) • École)Polytechnique:))Dr.)Paul)Stuart) • Industry)Canada,)Natural)Resources) Canada,)Foreign)Affairs)and)International) Trade,)Agriculture)Canada’s)Rural) Secretariat,)NSERC) • Guelph)University,)Kemptville)and)Alfred) Campuses;)Dr.)Claude)Naude)and)Jim)Fisher) engaged)) • IRAP:)active)and))involved:)Mike)Barré) • )La)Cité)collégiale,)Ottawa)–)MOU)in)place:) Dr.)Michel)Caron)–)active)participation) • Loyalist)College:)MOU)in)place) • Ottawa)Centre)for)Research)and)Innovation) (OCRI):)Clean)Tech)Division)–)there)almost) from)the)beginning)) )
• Ministries)of)Natural)Resources,)Northern) Development,)Mines)and)Forestry)(Forestry)now) back)with)MNR),))Agriculture)and)Rural)Affairs,) Economic)Development)and)Innovation) • Queen’s)University)W)Faculty)of)Engineering)and) Applied)Science:)Chemical)Engineering,)School)of) Business)(Monieson)Centre),)OfXice)of)Director)of) Research,)Law,)Geography)and)Policy)Studies)) • St.)Lawrence)CollegeW)MOU)in)place) • State)University)of)New)York)School)of) Environmental)Science)and)Forestry) • Board)of)Directors)experienced,) multidisciplinary) • Township)of)Edwardsburgh/Cardinal))and) United)Counties)of)LeedsWGrenville,)Economic) Development)Department)) • University)of)Toronto,)Faculty)of)Forestry)–)with) us)from)the)start 28
COLLEGES – VALUABLE COLLABORATION La Cité collégiale, Ottawa – signed memorandum of understanding on February 10, 2010 in areas such as construction (aboriginal housing), architecture, forest technology, biotechnology, exterior design and environment as programs that can be involved. They also have an international project pertaining to workers mobility including students with institutions from France and Finland. We were pleased to welcome Jukka Asp from Finland on October 4, 2010 and architect Turkki and engineering student from Finland for work placement in June/July 2011 St. Lawrence College, Brockville campus - signed MOU; especially supportive re training and stationary engineering, applied technology, business planning and other related programs Algonquin College, Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario – Applied Research and Innovation Director – MOU seeking relationship in variety of areas including involvement of Forestry Technician students in Pembroke and applied technology with respect to forest related initiatives; September 18, 2010 visit to Black Walnut plantation – collaborative project; new centre for the trades and new campus in Pembroke Loyalist College at Belleville – MOU now in place; special interest from Bancroft campus – strong lumbering area; FPI/EOMF seminar in Bancroft February 15, 2011 29
SOME SUPPORTING INITIATIVES • EOMF is Lead for Canadian Model Forest Network National Initiative on Bio-Energy, Brian Barkley RPF. Is President of Canadian Model Forest Network • FSC certification accelerating • Forest Biomass initiative with Queen’s, MNR, OEWC & EOMF: inventory essential, preparing business case • Queen’s Business Consulting assisting with Wood Science Innovation Business Plan • Southern Ontario Operational Biomass, Trial with Feric and others • SUNY fast-growing Plantations trials at Ferguson Forest Centre • Mohawk Community of Akwesasne, Forest Management Strategy • University of Guelph-Kemptville, Campus, bio-oil for maple producers, biomass initiative under discussion • Documentation of Domtar’s Short Rotation Forest Commercial Harvest • Levin/Kristin/Wetzel Biomass Availability in eastern Ontario for Bioenergy and Wood Pellet Initiatives; NRCAN funded, completed 2010 • Project Leader part of expert panel on economic development for Eastern Ontario – March 2011
University of Toronto Forestry Service
Canadian Forest Service
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QUEEN’S SUPPORT
• Queen’s Business Consulting assisting with Wood Science Innovation Business Plan • Business Law consulting to establish incorporation • Moneison Centre Knowledge in Society project • Four TEAM projects • Two (Chemical Engineering) CHEE 470 courses • CHEE 310 course • Hosting meetings e.g. with Ecole Polytechnique and SUNY professors • Conference on a Low Carbon Future for Eastern Ontario • Encouragement and support; active involvement on the Board
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GREENFIELD ETHANOL, OUR FIRST ANCHOR, OFF TO STRONG START • 230 million litres of ethanol per year; now at over 120% of capacity; 52 permanent jobs; • 22 million bushels of corn mostly from regional farmers • By-products: heat, carbon dioxide and dry distillers grain • $180 million dollar construction cost • Current research on cellulosic ethanol from corn cobs centred at Chatham • Opened new administration building on November 30, 2010
• “We have a particular interest in the R&D and demonstration aspect. This Centre is ideally positioned to bridge the gap between scientific and technological discoveries and subsequent commercialization of the innovative utilization of forest and agricultural feed stocks and associated products.” • Railway siding in place • Verbal agreement to cooperate with greenhouse feasibility study. Queen’s TEAM at work. Media coverage created interest • Active and welcome partner “we actively seek to support the OEWC and anything that would be of synergistic benefit between us.” Darrel Veres, Mgr., September 12, 2011 33
FAST GROWING HYBRIDS: SUNY, TEST SITES AT FERGUSON FOREST CENTRE SUCCESSFUL; IDEAL CROP FOR LOWER CLASS LANDS, PREVENTING EROSION, CONFERENCE WITH U.S. LEADERS IN OCTOBER 2010; COMMITTEE “FOUNDED” FEBRUARY 10, 2011
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FPINNOVATIONS • Meeting in Québec City, October 2009 • Encouraging way to link northern and eastern Ontario although currently some confusion here • Over 90% of Value –added wood based industries in Ontario are in southern Ontario although to date FPI has small presence in Northern Ontario. • Invitation to join OEWC Board of Directors extended to Pierre Lapointe, President • EOMF and FPInnovations sponsored “Wood Innovations Seminars” in Bancroft and Pembroke in February 2011 and in Ottawa, Kemptville, Peterborough, Kingston in March , OEWC featured; 65 attendees overall 35
TRADITIONS AND SKILLS WITH SOLID WOOD OVER THE CENTURIES
Richard David, master basket maker at 36 Limerick Forest in Edwardsburgh/ Cardinal
INNOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION WITH WOOD • First Nations Housing Demonstration Project important goal; need government to assist • Imagine: natural materials: wood siding, solid timber interior, beams floors, cabinetry, stone • housing “where people feel good” Margaret George (opposite) of Mohawk Council of Akwesasne with exquisite black ash (wooden) basket made by Mary Adams • resistant to extremes in weather; wind, frost, insects and mold and degradation proof • Design sensitivity to culture to take advantage of renewable natural resources close to community; curves not squares • Need to determine design, specs, number needed, timing, cost/budget, quantity, species, sizes and grades of wood needed over time • training re construction and assembly; jobs within communities • Pro bono offer from architect, Christopher Simmonds moving things along • La Cité collégiale with explicit interest in involvement
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Christopher’s firm “won big” at the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Assoc. Housing Design Awards in 2011. But it is his understanding of the unique opportunity of designing sustainable homes for our First Nations families, in close consultation with our First Nation partners that makes him a great asset to our partnership.
CARDINAL HOUSE* • New York, NY • 1400 sq. feet; $120,000 • Principles of modularity, prefabrication and mass production • Can be shipped easily, higher quality finishes, assembled with minimum training • More sympathetic to cultural and environmental needs of First Nations People Douglas Cardinal, inspiring First Nation architect at www.djcarchitect.com
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BLUE QUILLS FIRST NATION COLLEGE, ST. PAUL, ALBERTA • - form and function to promote a sense of pride in Indigenous heritage and reclaiming of traditional knowledge and practices. Constructed entirely of reclaimed pine-beetle infested logs; destined to develop as a spiritual and cultural hub for the community, the building seeks to embody the notion of learning from the village – Douglas Cardinal (architect, Black Foot First Nations)
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AKWESASNE, NOVEMBER 14, 2011 RE: FIRST NATIONS HOUSING PROJECT • Meeting with: Chris Simmonds and Gabriel Prost from Christopher Simmonds Architect Inc. • Elizabeth Nanticoke, Henry Lickers, Margaret George from Mohawk Council of Akwesasne • Sandra Lawn and Brian Barkley (Henry is also on OEWC board) from the Ontario East Wood Centre • Tours/in depth research underway; next meeting December 13:10:30 a.m. • Regrets from Elizabeth Holmes of EOMF • Bob Stevenson to join group • Research underway – information most welcome
PLATFORM FOR TODAY IN ACTIVE BUSINESS ! Example One
A new model for forest biomass usage; some examples
! Derive highest value from biomass: ! Improve biomass characteristics for solid fuel applications ! Produce high value co-products ! Long-term & sustainable supply of biomass resource. ! Robust Financial Model: ! 60% of revenues will come from pellets – sold on long-term contracts, ! balance split between on-site surplus “green power” sales and bio-products.
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EXAMPLE TWO: NEW YORK BASED ENERGY COMPANY • a NY-based energy company that will be producing renewable biomass fuels for the North American Industrial Thermal Boiler and Coal-fired Power Plant markets. • The Company plans to initially construct a Torrefied Biomass Pilot Plant: in Ontario, at a cost of $7-million dollars: $5.85-million in equipment, $650,000- soft costs, and $500,000 in financing costs and reserve funds. • Over the next two years, the second phase will see the construction of commercial scale plant, at an estimated total cost of approximately $20-million to service the increasing demand for renewable energy products in the Ontario, Quebec and U.S. markets. • The Company will act as a holding company for each project that will consist of a separate corporation • in the process of forming a Canadian corporation. • working closely with OEWC 43
WORK ADVANCES RE: EXAMPLE 3; BIOFUEL PROJECT OF CALGARY PROPONENT • Fourth-year Chemical Engineering students from Queen’s present results of CHEE 470 project on November 30th • Proposed location of plant is Ontario East Wood Centre &EcoIndustrial Park – considered ideal 44
EXAMPLE FIVE: GREENHOUSE PROJECT • Proponent: Ontario East Wood Centre • Utilizing some of 500 tonnes/day of carbon dioxide and excess heat from GreenField • Technologically, scientifically advanced • Economic development potential • Queen’s University TEAM(Technology, Engineering & Management) hard at work • Terms of reference in place • Students at work with advisors from Queen’s and Guelph University (Kemptville Campus)
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EXAMPLE SIX: PREFEASIBILITY STUDY COMPLETED
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EXAMPLE SEVEN: MICROALGAL PRODUCTION
• Christopher Q. Lan, Associate Professor and Researcher at University of Ottawa • Letter of support exchanged • Seeking $1 million EcoEnergy grant • Great news – LOI has been selected for submission of a full proposal.
• Microalgal Ethanol Production in Canadian Conditions • Algae need carbon dioxide to grow
For more information: Sandra Lawn, BSc, MPA Project Leader, Director sslawn@ripnet.com 613-925-5568 www.woodcentre.ca
Brian Barkley RPF 1-613-659-4049 babarkley@gmail.com 48