There are many success stories across Canada. Below are are just a few. We will be showcasing the other stories on a regular basis in this website.
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Chateauguay (Quebec)
Les Serres Lefort inc., a specialty greenhouse operation dedicated to the production of seedlings, unveiled its new biomass heating system in October 2011, consisting of two 6 - megawatt boilers, a resevoir of 1.3 million litres and a 2 kilometer long hot water distribution network for the 16 acres of plantings. The facility will consume about 10,000 tonnes of wood chips sourced locally to begin with, increasing to about 18,000 tonnes after a planned greenhouse expansion is complete.
Edmonton, Alberta
Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, has signed a 25-year agreement with the City of Edmonton to build and operate a plant that will produce and sell next-generation biofuels from non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal solid waste (MSW). It is expected to be the world's first major collaboration between a metropolitan centre and a waste-to-biofuels producer to turn municipal waste into methanol and ethanol.
Westbury, Quebec
Enerkem’s Westbury facility is the company’s first commercial biofuels and biochemicals facility. This demonstration-scale facility is the world's first ethanol and biochemicals plant to use negative-cost and unconventional materials - treated wood from used electricity poles as a feedstock. Operations started in 2009 with the production of conditioned syngas. Production of biomethanol at the facility started in 2011 and will be followed by cellulosic ethanol.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Nexterra Biomass system at UNBC confirmed as one of the cleanest in North America.
The UNBC biomass gasification system, which opened in March of this year, integrates campus operations with research and teaching relevant to community development. The system enables the university to generate renewable heat economically through locally-sourced wood waste. It was funded by the Governments of BC and Canada.
Quebec City, Quebec
Cité Verte - An integrated energy system for a unique biomass heating condominium. Energy for the Cite Verte is generated by a central furnace using biomass. The furnace consumes residues from wood processing in the form of wood pellets. This source of energy is environmentally friendly. The combustion of wood emits as much carbon dioxide (CO²) as taken up by trees during their growth; the same amount of CO² is released when trees are not used, and left to decay in the forest. A central furnace using biomass has a net neutral effect on CO², and does not contribute to global warming.
Guelph, Ontario
Ecotricity Guelph is an alternative energy company that converts methane gas into electricity. The gas is derived from the City of Guelph's Eastview Landfill Plant and the project is carried out in co-operation with the City. The plant generates about 2.5 MW of electrical energy annually.
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Thunder Bay Power Authority is building a 40.0 MW biomass fuelled cogeneration facility located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The facility is contained within the footprint of the existing pulp and paper mill owned and operated by AbiBow Canada Inc. Major equipment for the facility consists of two existing biomass boilers burning biomass fuel, such as bark and supplemented by sludge produced at the paper mill, and one spent liquor recovery boiler to produce high pressure steam that is fed into a General Electric turbine and a Brown Boveri generator. There also exists a standby natural gas fuelled boiler that may be operated during maintenance outages. The facility will be connected to the IESO-controlled grid via Hydro One circuit Q4B.