Canada fuels KEPCO's biomass drive

Timber Trades Journal, 02 July 2007

Japanese energy firm Kansai Electric Power Co (KEPCO) is to ship 300,000 tonnes of wood pellets from Canada over the next five years as part of the company's target to implement Japan's largest biofuel initiative Around 60,000 tonnes of wood pellets will be carried between Canada and KEPCO's Maizuru power plant each year, with haulier NYK Global Bulk Corporation expecting to make eight voyages every 12 months to complete the order. Due to start next year, the importing of wood pellets is part of an overall project by KEPCO to reduce carbon dioxide emissions at the Maizuru facility by 92,000 tonnes a year.