Oct 14, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. The Harmac pulp mill in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, operated by Nanaimo Forest Products, will receive $4.31 million from the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP) to improve the mill’s energy efficiency and enhance its environmental performance, as ForestTalk reported. The planned upgrades will allow the mill to better control the amount of energy that is consumed, process more wood fuel and help displace the use of fossil fuels. Energy savings will help Harmac reduce its reliance on natural gas by approximately 108,000 gigajoules annually, the amount of energy consumed each year by over 1,000 Canadian households. These fossil fuel savings will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 5,000 metric tonnes a year. Nanaimo Forest Products is one of 24 pulp and paper companies across Canada that qualified for credits under the $1-billion program, based on their 2009 production levels of black liquor, a liquid by-product of the pulping process used to generate heat and power.