Smart-Sourced Fuel Products

The brochure describes 'Smart-Sourced Fuel Products' as eco-friendly biomass blends created from agricultural residues, wetland plants, grassland plants, and forestry residues. These materials can be processed into pellets, briquettes, cubes, biochar, biogas, and fuel logs for residential, industrial, and commercial heating. The document highlights environmental benefits, such as the capture of phosphorus and nitrogen from cattails to protect Lake Winnipeg, and economic advantages for landowners and municipalities. It notes that Manitoba has an estimated 3 to 5 million tonnes of available biomass annually, plus 3 million tonnes of cattail. Replacing all coal use in Manitoba with biomass is estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 200,000 tonnes.

• Smart-Sourced Fuel Products are biomass blends derived from waste and under-utilized sources, including forestry residues, grassland plants, wetland plants, and agricultural residues, which can be processed into forms such as biochar, biogas, pellets, fuel logs, cubes, and briquettes.
• The use of these fuel products offers environmental benefits, including the capture of heavy metal contaminants and nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus from plant materials (specifically cattail), which benefits nutrient-stressed waters such as Lake Winnipeg.
• Compared to conventional wood products, smart-sourced cattail has a faster time to maturity (90 days versus 1,095–4,380 days) and a higher yield per hectare (14–20 tonnes versus 7–10 tonnes), while maintaining a comparable pellet heating value of 17–20 mj/kg.
• Manitoba possesses significant biomass potential, with an estimated 3 to 5 million tonnes of biomass available annually that is not used for livestock or soil management, and an additional 3 million tonnes of cattail.
• Transitioning from coal to biomass in Manitoba could lead to a reduction of 200,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Manitoba Bioproducts Strategy.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2016). Smart-Sourced Fuel Products. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/smart-sourced-fuel-products-brochure-web-en.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Smart-Sourced Fuel Products. 2016. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/smart-sourced-fuel-products-brochure-web-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2016smartsourced, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Smart-Sourced Fuel Products}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2016}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/smart-sourced-fuel-products-brochure-web-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }