Wit Ventures: Federal Government Provides $12-Million for Biomass R & D.

Monday 25 July 2016

Federal Government Provides $12-Million for Biomass R & D.

Biomass power station in Metz, France. Photo by Bava Alcide57, (Wiki.)

From The Sarnia Observer's Paul Morden.

Sarnia-Lambton's hunt for bio-industry jobs received a $12-million boost Monday from the federal government.

Navdeep Bains, the minister of innovation, science and economic development, announced the funding Monday for Sarnia-based Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) during an event at the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park.

Navdeep Bains, photo by Dave Chan, (Wiki.)

In June, Ontario announced $3 million in new funding for the initiative, created in 2008 to help Sarnia-Lambton diversify its fossil fuel-based industrial base by attracting companies making fuel and chemicals from plants and other organic raw materials.

BIC was formed with $15 million in federal funding, and the new funding from Ottawa and Queen's Park is expected to help keep it running for the next four or five years, said Murray McLaughlin, the agency's outgoing executive director.

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