More than 100 people packed into Kensington’s Murray Christian Centre on May 24 to find out more about SustainAgro’s proposed sustainable diesel production facility it wants to build in the community. - Colin MacLean/SaltWireKENSINGTON, P.E.I. — A new biomass fuel production facility proposed for construction in Kensington is garnering a lot of interest from its potential neighbours.
Joachim Stroink, a spokesperson for the SustainAgro, speaking with Kensington resident Ruth Hunter. SustainAgro wants to build a biomass fuel facility in the Kensington Industrial Park and there was an open house on May 24 to allow the public the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback. - Colin MacLean/SaltWire
A bottle of sustainable diesel fuel on display at SustainAgro’s recent open house in Kensington. - Colin MacLean/SaltWire DuPont himself said he “disagrees with every fibre of body” with the practice of clear-cutting and wanted to reassure Islanders that if this project moves ahead, it won’t negatively affect what remains of the province’s forests.
Dan DuPont’s sustainable forestry business, Working Forests P.E.I., has been contracted to provide wood biomass to SustainAgro’s proposed sustainable diesel production facility. He and the company guarantee the practice of clear-cutting will have no place in the project. - Colin MacLean/SaltWire