Tolko receives $2.26 million for The Pas

Tolko Industries Ltd. has received $2.26 million from the federal government for its kraft paper mill in The Pas, Manitoba.

The funding comes from the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP) and will be used to improve the mill's energy efficiency and to increase renewable energy production. Alterations will be made to the power and recovery boilers will promote better fuel combustion.

The new equipment will increase the production of thermal energy from wood waste, and black liquor, by close to 114,000 gigajoules a year — enough energy for 2,650 households. This increase will reduce the mill's need to use fossil fuels to compensate for renewable energy shortfalls — lowering The Pas mill's greenhouse gas emissions by around 10,000 tonnes per year. This is the equivalent to eliminating the emissions released by 2,600 cars a year.

"We thank the government for actively supporting the pulp and paper industry's advancement in applying green technologies," said Bob Snow, Technical Manager, Tolko's Manitoba Kraft Papers Division. "These Green Transformation Program projects will provide both environmental and socio-economic benefits for our employees and our community."

Source: Government of Canada