Biomass projects set to soar fueled by public policy, subsidy interventions

摘要

The tidal wave of wood biomass projects in the US and Canada and their impact on the pulp and paper industry came under the spotlight at RISI's 24(tm) annual North American Forest Products Conference. Speakers reviewed the sheer magnitude of new wood demand from the energy plants and whether they will be sustainable after much-criticized government subsidies fade away.