Cellufuel moved into the former Bowater Mersey paper plant in Brooklyn, NS, after the plant closed in 2012, throwing around 2,000 people out of work, according to CBC Friday.
Since then, Cellufuel has been developing biofuel that could be used in vehicles and for heating.
The plant transforms otherwise low-value wood fibre into renewable diesel fuel for the refinery market.
Cellufuel sources its raw material from Freeman’s Lumber in Greenfield, NS.