Plant construction is scheduled to begin this fall at the city’s new Bioindustrial Innovation Centre in the University of Western Ontario’s Sarnia-Lambton Research Park.

Among Woodland’s partners in the project is Zeton , a leading Canadian engineering and construction company.

Ontario has contributed C$4m from the province’s Innovation Demonstration Fund to help move the project forward.

“Thanks to Ontario’s support we can build a plant that we anticipate will confirm our ability to successfully produce ethanol from renewable waste with breakthrough efficiency,” says Greg Nutall, chief executive of Woodland, which is based in Mississauga, Ontario.

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