A timber mill in the Snowy Mountains is generating its own bioenergy using excess sawdust, a first for regional New South Wales.The timber company was struggling to find a home for the 200 tonnes of sawdust the mill generates each dayThe energy will heat water to operate kilns that dry the timber, reducing the mill's reliance on gas
Korean-owned lumber company Dongwha Australia has constructed a $10-million boiler to turn sawdust into bioenergy at its Bombala softwood mill. Sawdust is an inevitable part of the milling process, but now it will be used to power parts of the Bombala mill. "We generate around 200 tonnes of sawdust per day," said project manager Michael Dyer, who has been overseeing the construction of the boiler since February.
"We struggled to find a home for the sawdust, so now it will solve a big problem and reduce our gas costs," Mr Dyer said.The energy generated is used to create hot water that is required to operate five kilns."The generation of hot water is totally fuelled by the biomass boiler," Mr Dyer said.
Of course why wait till it becomes coal, burn it now. Saves all the digging up.
Lordy we’re good when we use our imagination instead of being handicapped by the horse-and-buggy mindset of Queenslanders who cut off the nation’s nose to spite their own faces. 10000s of jobs coming in a fully automated mining industry - really Our future generations sabotaged
adrianereardon Much of the pine timber will be used for additional housing in Sydney, 84% of which for new immigrants. Although 15 MW is better than nothing - for the purpose of comparison - it is only 10 per cent of the power needed just for Parramatta 's new skyscrapers
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