
NorSask Forest Products LP (NorSask) currently incinerates 100% of its residual sawmill-related biomass in an approximately 50 year-old ‘beehive’ burner. In order to address provincial environmental regulations, contribute to Saskatchewan’s green energy mandate and to generate economic benefits specifically for Indigenous peoples, MLTC intends to build an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) biomass-based combined heat and power (CHP) cogeneration system for their sawmill and planer-mill operation in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. The power generation system will consume approximately 55,000 ODT/year of biomass and will generate 55,000+ MWh per year of firm, flat profile electrical energy. Two lumber kilns at the plant will be converted to biomass heating for further carbon emission reductions.