Combustibles ingénieux

The document describes 'smart-sourced fuels' as ecological heating products made from local agricultural residues, wetland plants, and forestry waste. It highlights the environmental and economic benefits of these fuels in Manitoba, specifically noting the potential of cattails (quenouilles) as a sustainable biomass source. The text provides data on biomass availability around Winnipeg and Brandon and argues that replacing coal with biomass could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the province.

• Smart-sourced fuels are ecological mixtures of underutilized products and waste, such as agricultural residues, wetland and prairie plants, and forestry residues, which can be processed into pellets, biochars, briquettes, biogas, cubes, and fuel logs for residential, agricultural, industrial, and commercial heating.
• The use of these fuels offers several environmental advantages, including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions when replacing coal boilers, the storage of contaminants like heavy metals, and the removal of nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) from stressed waters like Lake Winnipeg through the harvest of plants such as cattails.
• Cattails (quenouilles) are presented as a highly efficient biomass source compared to conventional woody products, offering a similar heating value (17–20 mj/kg) but with a significantly faster maturity time of 90 days compared to 1,095–4,380 days for wood.
• Manitoba possesses significant untapped biomass reserves, with an estimated 3 to 5 million tonnes of biomass currently unused in soil and livestock management annually, and an additional 3 million tonnes of cattails that could be sustainably harvested.
• According to the Manitoba Bio-products Strategy, replacing all known coal uses in Manitoba with biomass would result in a reduction of 200,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2016). Combustibles ingénieux. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/smart-sourced-fuel-products-brochure-web-fr.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Combustibles ingénieux. 2016. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/smart-sourced-fuel-products-brochure-web-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=International Institute for Sustainable Development |title=Combustibles ingénieux |date=2016 |url=https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/smart-sourced-fuel-products-brochure-web-fr.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2016combustibles, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Combustibles ingénieux}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2016}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/smart-sourced-fuel-products-brochure-web-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }