Oct 02, 2013. /Lesprom Network/. Fortress Paper Ltd. has completed the mandatory 100 hour grid test for its cogeneration facility at its Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill (the "FSC Mill") and the cogeneration facility is now delivering power to the Hydro Québec grid at the contracted commercial rate, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Chadwick Wasilenkoff, CEO of Fortress Paper, remarked, "We are very pleased that the final stage of testing for the cogeneration facility at the FSC Mill has been successfully completed and that the Company is now delivering power to the Hydro Québec grid at the contracted rate. This will reduce our production costs at the mill and create a legacy of environmentally friendly power production for the region."

Fortress Paper operates internationally in two distinct business segments: dissolving pulp and security paper products.