Jun 03, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Tolko’s specialty kraft paper mill in The Pas, Manitoba, will receive $810,000 under the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP) for new equipment, as ForestTalk reported. “Our government recognizes the important role that transformation and energy efficiency will play in the future of Canada’s forest industry,” said the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources. “The Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program is supporting investments in green technologies that are helping the pulp and paper sector reduce their environmental footprint, while it continues to provide important forest products for consumers.” Tolko is one of 24 pulp and paper companies across Canada that qualified for credits under the $1-billion PPGTP program based on their 2009 production levels of black liquor, a liquid by-product of the pulping process used to generate heat and power. Tolko’s investment in a new evaporator mini-boil system will allow the mill to clean its existing evaporator and better maintain its efficiency without having to stop production. Prevention of the gradual fouling of the evaporator through the mini-boil system will save the mill 38,575 gigajoules of steam each year. This steam savings will reduce the consumption of electricity and of 773,492 litres in fossil fuel a year. The mill’s reduced use of fossil fuels will lower its greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 2,300 tonnes per year, or three percent of its 2008 emissions level. “With the PPGTP projects installed and operating at Tolko Manitoba, our greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels will be cut in half,” says Blair Rydberg, Site Manager for Tolko Manitoba. “The support of the PPGTP allows us to meet our goals of substantially improving energy efficiency while maintaining productivity excellence.”