Scanstyle Biofuel of Denmark and Scanstyle Mim Limited, a timber concession firm, are collaborating to use saw dust to make wood pellets for boilers to generate heat for electricity production.
The electricity generated from the heat of the boilers can be used for lighting urban households to reduce the pressure on the national grid.
The Deputy Managing Director of Scanstyle Mim Ltd., Mr Albert Zanu, disclosed this in an interview with the press during an exhibition of wood products by Scanstyle in Accra.
He explained that prior to the collaboration between the two firms, saw-dust from the company’s saw mills were discarded as by-products that had little economic value.
Mr Zanu said because of the use of saw dust as pellets to generate heat in boilers its value had increased, and it had become an important by-product for the generation of electricity in the country.
A Director of Scanstyle Mim, Mr Paul Kwabena Pepera, said the company had planted 400 square kilometres of its concession with a variety of timber species as part of its contribution to afforestation in the country.
He said some of the species available in the concession included Dahoma, Danta, Iroko (Odum),Candollei, Redwood and Wawa.
Mr Pepera said for four decades Scanstyle had been the nation’s leading exporter of furniture to Europe.
He said a survey conducted on the domestic market revealed there was great potential in the domestic market that had been neglected for a long time.
He said Scanstyle intended to change its over-reliance on the foreign market and concentrate on the domestic market as well.
The director said the company had made a firm commitment to treat its domestic customers with due respect and regard by providing them with the right products at the right time and at the right price.
He explained that the global economic crunch had provided exporters with a lesson not to over rely on foreign trade at the expense of domestic trade.
Mr Pepera said the company was building a new warehouse in Accra to enable its customers to purchase kiln-dried wood products at ex-stock prices.
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