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Many buildings throughout the Northwest Territories already burn wood pellets for heat, but backers of biomass district heating say we need to think bigger.
Although several Yellowknife building owners have installed systems that burn biomass (such as wood pellets) instead of oil, in an effort to reduce costs and carbon emissions, space in the heart of downtown is limited.
“There’s not actually a lot of room to put a boiler, and put a silo, and to have a delivery truck pull up to it,” said MacLean, who is a member of Alternatives North, a social and environmental justice coalition based in Yellowknife.
District heating – where heat produced at a central location is piped to several buildings – might provide an answer, he said.
Across the street from the Explorer Hotel, MacLean pointed to empty lots that could house an energy centre. There, wood pellets could be burned to heat water that would then be distributed via insulated underground pipes.
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