Atikokan Renewable Fuels is hoping to begin production of its wood pellet plant later this year after being granted the rights to access 179-thousand cubic metres per year of poplar and birch fibre.The Atikokan plant also received one-point-two million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund.
Spokesperson Ed Fukushima says that money offsets costs incurred while they waited for wood.
Fukushima says the wood allocation allows them to begin talks with potential customers.
