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IMPACT RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE -ARCH
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7EYERHAEUSER ,EVERAGING BIOMASS RESOURCES 7ITH MILLION HECTARES OF FORESTLAND IN #ANADA
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"RITISH #OLUMBIA AIMS TO REDUCE ITS ELECTRICITY IMPACT BY SETTING A
GOAL TO BECOME ENERGY SELF
SUFlCIENT WITH PERCENT OF ITS POWER
TO COME FROM CLEAN SOURCES 0RINCE 'EORGE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED
SIGNIlCANT GROWTH THANKS TO THE #ANADIAN &OREST 0RODUCTS ,IMITED
#ANFOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH SAW THE INSTALLATION OF A -7 TURBINE
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INSTALLED A -7 TURBINE IN 0RIMARY RESEARCH FOR THE SECTOR IS
MAINLY CONDUCTED BY &0)NNOVATIONS
!LBERTA
4HE FORESTRY INDUSTRY IN !LBERTA CONTRIBUTES SIGNIlCANTLY TO THE
ECONOMY AS AN EMPLOYER AND PURCHASER 4HE INDUSTRY EXPORTED
MORE THAN BILLION IN PRODUCTS IN AND EMPLOYED SOME
PEOPLE IN PULP AND PAPER MANUFACTURING
4HE FORESTRY INDUSTRY IN .ORTHWESTERN 'RANDE 0RAIRIE
'RANDE
#ACHE AREA EMPLOYS PEOPLE AND CONTRIBUTED MILLION TO
THE LOCAL ECONOMY IN 4HE REGION ACCOUNTS FOR PERCENT OF
THE TOTAL PULP PRODUCED IN !LBERTA PERCENT OF THE PANEL BOARD
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CULTURE THAT STRIVES TO BE LOW COST ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS AND
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