{"id":20227,"date":"2014-05-07T02:44:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T00:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/2014\/05\/01\/port-hawkesbury-paper-looking-to-produce-cellulosic-sugar-for-chemicals\/"},"modified":"2014-05-06T07:14:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T05:14:33","slug":"port-hawkesbury-paper-sweet-demo-sugar-extracting-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/port-hawkesbury-paper-sweet-demo-sugar-extracting-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Hawkesbury Paper sweet on demo sugar extracting plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

POINT TUPPER \u2014 Port Hawkesbury Paper hopes to move ahead with a demonstration sugar extracting operation within a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The mill has commissioned an engineering study that is nearly complete for the plant, which would be located at the Point Tupper mill site.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hopeful that we can set that plant up in the future here when the timing is right for it,\u201d mill development manager Marc Dube said.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve been working on the project for some time with FPInnovations, a pulp and paper research and technology institute.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve shipped chips to the FPInnovations Montreal office, at that office that processed and converted to sugar, that sugar was sent to the European partner that we\u2019re working with to be converted into lactic acid and polylactic acid at their test facilities,\u201d Dube said. \u201cWe\u2019ve done the engineering of setting up a demo plant, so that would be a plant that would produce up to 500 tonnes of sugar a quarter, that would be used for trials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of the process would involve investigating other markets for it and other processes to convert the sugar to a product and then develop a business plan to build a site at Point Tupper if it makes sense, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would hope to have a demo plant in operation in the next year,\u201d Dube said. \u201cSo far, the partners that would need to be involved in that are ready to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are a lot of pieces involved in trying to make the project come together, Dube said. One challenge is accessing a long-term, stable fibre supply for it, and the company is working with the province and private landowners on that. Another challenge is a solution involving electricity costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current one would be challenging,\u201d Dube said. \u201cWe have to have a better energy solution available for the future for any type of project to be on the site.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if that would advance negotiations with Nova Scotia Power or possibly finding some alternative energy source, Dube said the company would consider any option that may be required to make it work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking for opportunities to create energy solutions that allow the business to be competitive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The sugars would be used to make non-food products, such as biodegradable plastics. They can also be used in products such as cosmetics or pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n

If a demo plant goes ahead, there would be employment created through its construction and a group of scientists would be working at the mill site. Mill employees would be involved where needed, with the mill possibly hiring or offering overtime, Dube said.<\/p>\n

Extracting sugars also makes fibre burn at a higher temperature at the biomass plant in operation at the mill site.<\/p>\n

The former New Page mill was closed during a year-long sales process, reopening in October 2012. While the mill did reopen after obtaining financial assistance from the province and a negotiated power rate structure, only one of the mill’s two paper machines has been restarted and it employs about half as many people as it did prior to shutdown. It now produces only supercalendered paper for the magazine and catalogue market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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