Tignish Iniatives Corporation tours a containerized system destined for the provincial government garage at Slemon Park.

Representatives of the Tignish Initiatives Corporation have expressed interest in the Pellagri Energy system to help their community develop a green energy system.  Mandated by the community to look at green energy as a result of a strategic planning session, Tignish Initiatives Corporation representatives were impressed by the burner technology and the fact that the fuel is produced locally and is annually renewable.

Thursday the committee toured Pellagri’s pellet plant in Hartsville and the installation at the Garden Gate Inn in Charlottetown.  With other structures close to the Inn, the committee was pleased to see that there were very little emissions from the system.  Tignish Initiatives Corporation is hoping to have the installation of a community green energy system using the Pellagri Energy agricultural pellet burner funded under the Canada Infrastructure Program.

Touring the pellet plant and bagging line

Discussing option for processing and drying of different feedstocks for fuel

Viewing Pellagri's unique burner system that can accommodate high ash content pellet fuel

May 21, 2009 - Randy Angus, Director of Integrated Resource Management for the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI (MCPEI)  toured Pellagri Energy’s operations on Thursday.  Like most communities, a growing expense in First nation’s communities is being created from heating costs that are rising as global oil prices creep back up.  Being more self sufficient while reducing costs and reducing green house gas emissions is a strong motivation for the group.

MCPEI brings together the First Nations Bands of Abegweit and Lennox Island.  Both Band Councils provide services to their communities and costs savings on heating buildings will allow the Band to expend resources on other important socio-economic issues.