Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. is the longest-established wood pellet producer in Western Canada. We were founded in Quesnel more than 25 years ago, in the heart of central B.C.’s lumber country. Our pellet plants are all located within an abundance of high-quality, raw material.

For the home market, we make a wide range of Pinnacle wood pellet products, such as softwood pellet fuel, animal bedding and natural sorbent, although much of our production is for the bulk domestic and overseas markets.

Today, Pinnacle runs seven pellet plants throughout B.C., producing more than one and a half million tonnes annually. All Pinnacle plants operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The pellet plants are located in Houston, Burns Lake, Meadowbank, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Armstrong and Lavington. In total, we employ more than 250 people in those communities.

Pinnacle supports the B.C. communities impacted by the mountain pine beetle epidemic and is proud to take an environmentally responsible, proactive step toward assisting some of the sawmills affected by this disaster. 

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

Wood pellets are an economical and sustainable energy source, growing in use around the globe because of their low cost and low environmental impact.

Pellet production is a growth industry that creates good jobs, especially in rural areas, and boosts regional economies. Renewable pellet fuel burns cleaner than fossil fuel.

Pellets are renewable because they are essentially carbon neutral, whereas fossil fuels take carbon that was safely stored underground and turn this into COâ‚‚ without any realistic return cycle that recaptures this carbon from the atmosphere and returns it to a benign state.

Regular firewood can contain up to 48 per cent moisture, which means nearly half of what you pay for with wood heating fuel ends up as steam.

Pinnacle wood pellets are made from compressed waste wood, with less than six per cent moisture. They burn cleaner, longer and produce more heat.

Pellet-burning appliances are simpler to operate and more convenient than other wood burning appliances. In fact, they are almost as easy to use as gas, oil or electric heaters.

Today’s pellet-burning appliances use a sophisticated system of computers, circuit boards, multiple burn settings, forced air and thermostats to control the fire and the heat distribution. All of that saves money, time, waste and our environment.