Ontario's energy intensive industries have finally been
permitted to burn many kinds of waste, in place of coal. Cement
companies, among others, are now looking for sufficient quantities
of eligible biomass they can dry and burn to fuel their kilns. With
cap and trade on the way, this is an important and overdue step to
allow Ontario's Large Final Emitters to reduce their carbon
emissions.
O. Reg. 79/15: Alternative Low-Carbon
Fuels, allows facilities that otherwise burn coal or coke to
apply for permission to burn alternative fuels with a lower
carbon dioxide emission intensity. The alternative fuels must be
either:
1.
i. not derived from or composed of any material set out in
Schedule 1 (25 types of items, which are either recyclable or
hazardous, such as tires, are excluded),
