Canfor Pulp plans to rebuild the recovery boiler at Northwood

Jul 30, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Canfor Pulp is planning to use the money it receives from the federal government's $1 billion pulp sector aid package to rebuild the recovery boiler at its Northwood pulp mill, ForestTalk reported. Canfor Pulp is generating a list of other projects as well, which may include upgrades to turbo generators and reducing its reliance on fossil fuels like natural gas. The financial assistance from the government aid package can only be captured by spending money on environmental and energy improvements during the next three years. Canfor, which employs about 1,300 workers at its three pulp mills in Prince George, is eligible for the subsidy calculated on the amount of black liquor the company produces. The recovery boiler at the Northwood pulp mill the only recovery boiler among the company's facilities in Prince George that hasn't been upgraded as a low-odour recovery power boiler.