Fortress Paper announces that the Company has successfully completed the mandatory 100 hour grid test for its cogeneration facility at its Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill and the cogeneration facility is now delivering power to the Hydro Québec grid at the contracted commercial rate.
Chadwick Wasilenkoff, Chief Executive Officer of Fortress Paper, remarked, "We are very pleased that the final stage of testing for the cogeneration facility at the FSC Mill has been successfully completed and that the company is now delivering power to the Hydro Québec grid at the contracted rate. This will reduce our production costs at the mill and create a legacy of environmentally friendly power production for the region."
