July 3, 2008

SUPPORT FOR ONTARIO’S INVESTMENT IN NEXT GENERATION OF BIOFUELS

"Western is committed to playing an important role in making Ontario a global leader in next generation biofuel research and commercialization, particularly from technologies based on manufacturing from residues rather than food crops. Today's investment is keeping our university and our province at the forefront of global biofuel innovation, and helping to move two new technologies closer to the marketplace.” - Ted Hewitt, Vice-President (Research & International Relations), The University of Western Ontario

“In addition to initially providing enough renewable energy to power 800 homes in the Town of Ilderton from our new biogas facility, Stanton Farms has developed a unique collaborative research partnership with the University of Western Ontario, University of Guelph and University of Waterloo that will quickly advance the development of sustainable farming and on-farm renewable energy technologies in Ontario. These unique research and commercialization opportunities would not be possible without the Ontario government’s support and commitment to innovation.” - Laurie Stanton, President, Stanton Farms

"Today's investment by the Ontario government is another significant step forward in securing Ontario's leadership role in Bio-Economy technologies. Agri-Therm has benefited greatly through our existing partnership with the University of Western Ontario as we work to be first to market with our unique patented mobile pyrolysis system. Our goal is to be the global leader in this technology and the establishment of ICFAR provides increased opportunity to develop and move innovative bio-technologies such as ours to market faster. Joint ICFAR/Agri-Therm projects have already been established and we view them as a key factor to our success and ability to grow the company. We really see this investment in ICFAR as a win-win-win situation for academia, industry and the environment." - Ron Golden, P.Eng. President, AgriTherm Limited

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See also:

• News Release: Ontario Pursues Next Generation Of Biofuels
• Backgrounder: Ontario Fielding Solutions To Climate Change And Rising Global Demand For Fuel
• Backgrounder: Ontario's Innovation Agenda And The Bioeconomy