Biomass Brokerage Manitoba work to date: Chad Effa Lucille Barnabe Andrew Friesen Andry Giesbrecht & Bruce Duggan

A Brokerage? examples  Manitoba Buy & Sell  kijiji  eBay  Canadian Overseas Log & Lumber  Lumber Brokers Worldwide  Manitoba Hay Registry  Pellet Zone

A Brokerage Creates a Market  links all participants together reduces search cost & effort  finding customers  finding suppliers  finding shippers, storers, equipment, expertise, advice, examples... reduces transaction costs  standardizes contracts & other arrangements  a brokerage is essential to the development of a biomass industry in Manitoba

cattails forestry residue urban forest prunings wood production residue willow straw food production residue truck rail ash silo elevator shed barn stove stoker generator loose bale cube pelletize char sourceformshipstoreconsumereturn

not started research brokerages Project Flow Chart in process completed

equip office equip office draft contract template register name set up set up secure start- up funds research consumers draft budget research brokerages set up phone draft database launch set up web site set up web site hire staff hire staff open bank account research processors research shippers research storers research equip research producers not started in process completed

Continually adding new information. draft database

Continually adding new information. draft database

Continually adding new information. draft database

Continually adding new information. draft database

Continually adding new information. draft database

Continually adding new information. draft database

draft budget draft budget

Consider silos, elevators, A-frames, unused agribusiness facilities. Researching availability & cost. research storage

Consider silos, elevators, A-frames, unused agribusiness facilities Researching availability & cost. research storage

Have contacted known suppliers. They report insufficient demand to produce on large scale. Current focus on Hutterite colonies & other current coal users. Need to understand interest. research suppliers research consumers

Investigate cattails as biomass source research producers

densify cattails process ash transport cubes transport ash burn cubes dry cattails grow cattails CO 2 farms gardens lawns “artificial” fertilizers CO 2 compost cut cattails municipalities agri-business commercial kitchens sewage natural gas coal HEAT Phosphorus & Nitrogen lake

Investigate uses for biochar research processors

Need to understand production capabilities, and costs associated with operation. research processors

equip office equip office draft contract template register name set up set up secure start- up funds research consumers draft budget research brokerages set up phone draft database launch set up web site set up web site hire staff hire staff open bank account research processors research shippers research storers research equip research producers not started in process completed

work to date: Chad Effa Lucille Barnabe Andrew Friesen Andry Giesbrecht & Bruce Duggan Biomass Brokerage Manitoba