Prince George Pulp and Paper Mill

Prince George Pulp and Paper Mill is a 60 MW biomass power plant in British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 82,594 homes (estimated). It ranks #341 of 1,159 Canada power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 1.6% of Canada's electricity; the national grid averages 191 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CAN0008253.

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in Canada

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Canadian Forest Products Ltd.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 53.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 109% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 95/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #13 largest biomass power plant of 111 in Canada by capacity.

Canada has 111 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 2,742 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Intercon Pulp Mill · Biomass · 32 MW · British Columbia
• Northwood Green Power · Biomass · 63 MW · British Columbia
• UNBC Bioenergy Plant · Biomass · 4 MW · British Columbia
• Nechako Lumber · Biomass · 2 MW · British Columbia
• Cariboo Pulp & Paper Company · Biomass · 61 MW · British Columbia
• MacKenzie Conifex Green Energy · Biomass · 36 MW · British Columbia

Location

Coordinates 53.9218, -122.6851 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.