Biocoal makes an interesting part of the back-up portfolio if we are taking baseline coal generating capacity offline, since a pile of biocoal is much cleaner than a pile of mineral coal. Its especially interesting if we have significant balancing hydro capacity so that firing up a thermal plant with biocoal can be used as a temporary baseload power supply.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.