Enerkem to build world's first commercial municipal waste-to-biofuels facility
Enerkem, a leading waste-to-biofuels technology company, has announced that Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB) has been granted a permit to commence construction of a commercial facility to produce biofuels and green chemicals from sorted municipal solid waste in Edmonton, Alberta.
The plant will enable the city of Edmonton to increase its waste diversion rate from 60 to 90% and to produce an alternative transportation fuel.
The go-ahead for the plant will be North America's first unconditional commercial permit ever awarded to produce advanced biofuels from sorted municipal solid waste and will enable the city of Edmonton to increase its waste diversion rate from 60 to 90% and to produce an alternative transportation fuel.
‘This unprecedented project is set to change the dynamics of the waste and fuel industries by making waste - that would otherwise be landfilled - a resource for transportation fuels,’ said Vincent Chornet, President and CEO of Enerkem.
In 2008, EGAB entered into a 25-year agreement with the City of Edmonton to build and operate a waste-to-biofuels facility on municipal land and to receive the City's sorted municipal solid waste as feedstock. The City of Edmonton will supply 100,000 tonnes of sorted municipal solid waste per year. The sorted municipal solid waste to be used is the end-waste after recycling and composting.
Construction of the biofuels facility is expected to begin by the end of 2009, at a total cost of approximately CDN$70 million (€44 million). Upon completion, the facility will initially produce 36 million litres of ethanol per year. The plant will also contribute to meeting the Canadian and provincial 5% renewable fuel mandate.
The plant will enable the city of Edmonton to increase its waste diversion rate from 60 to 90% and to produce an alternative transportation fuel.
The go-ahead for the plant will be North America's first unconditional commercial permit ever awarded to produce advanced biofuels from sorted municipal solid waste and will enable the city of Edmonton to increase its waste diversion rate from 60 to 90% and to produce an alternative transportation fuel.
‘This unprecedented project is set to change the dynamics of the waste and fuel industries by making waste - that would otherwise be landfilled - a resource for transportation fuels,’ said Vincent Chornet, President and CEO of Enerkem.
In 2008, EGAB entered into a 25-year agreement with the City of Edmonton to build and operate a waste-to-biofuels facility on municipal land and to receive the City's sorted municipal solid waste as feedstock. The City of Edmonton will supply 100,000 tonnes of sorted municipal solid waste per year. The sorted municipal solid waste to be used is the end-waste after recycling and composting.
Construction of the biofuels facility is expected to begin by the end of 2009, at a total cost of approximately CDN$70 million (€44 million). Upon completion, the facility will initially produce 36 million litres of ethanol per year. The plant will also contribute to meeting the Canadian and provincial 5% renewable fuel mandate.
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