Bioenergy recovers energy from organic material — forestry residues, agricultural byproducts and waste streams — as heat, electricity or fuel.
Biomass stores solar energy captured through photosynthesis. Burning it directly, digesting it into biogas, or refining it into liquid biofuels releases that energy for heating, electricity or transportation.
Biomass plants run around the clock, independent of weather — a baseload complement to variable wind and solar. Wood-pellet heating alone displaces significant fossil fuel across rural and northern Canada.
Economics hinge on feedstock: communities near forestry or farm operations source fuel cheaply, and programs like the Arctic Energy Alliance's Renewable Energy Program fund pellet and biofuel systems across the North.
When feedstocks are regrown sustainably, the CO₂ released is reabsorbed by new growth — dramatically lowering net emissions versus fossil fuels. Sourcing standards are what make or break the math.
Canada's vast forestry and agriculture sectors produce enormous volumes of residues that can become heat and power instead of waste.
Turns residues and organic waste into heat and power.
Baseload generation that backs up wind and solar.
Local fuel supply chains and jobs in farming and forestry regions.
