The
groundbreaking ceramony at Enerkem's commercial scale waste to biofuels
facility in Edmonton08 February 2012
The Government of Quebec plans to inject $27 million of finance into the province's first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant to be built by a joint venture between Montreal based renewable fuel and chemicals specialist, Enerkem and Canadian ethanol producer, GreenField Ethanol.
According to Enerkem, the contribution from the Government of Québec includes $18 million in financial assistance from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife and a $9 million loan from Investissement Québec.
The planned facility is to be located in Varennes, Quebec and will use Enerkem's proprietary technology to convert non-recyclable municipal solid waste into biofuels.
Enerkem said that the planned facility will use non-recyclable waste from institutional, commercial and industrial sectors, as well as from construction and demolition debris as a feedstock. The anticipated annual production capacity of this plant is approximately 38 million litres.
Quebec has resolved to reduce, by 2020, its greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below 1990 levels, as part of its 2006-2012 Climate Change Action Plan.
Government minister for transport, Sam Hamad, explained that it is with solid and structured projects such as this that Quebec will reach its targets.
The Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Clement Gignac. added: "In addition to presenting a solution to landfilling, today's announcement will enable greenhouse gas emission reductions by about 110,000 metric tonnes of CO2 per year.
Enerkem added that with a commercial scale waste to biofuels facility already under construction in Edmonton, Alberta, and another under development in Mississippi, the Varennes facility represents its third full scale commercial project.
Vincent Chornet, Enerkem President and CEO added: "Located on the site of Ethanol GreenField's current plant, this project will represent one of the first integrations between an existing, first generation ethanol plant and a new cellulosic ethanol plant."
The Government of Quebec plans to inject $27 million of finance into the province's first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant to be built by a joint venture between Montreal based renewable fuel and chemicals specialist, Enerkem and Canadian ethanol producer, GreenField Ethanol.
According to Enerkem, the contribution from the Government of Québec includes $18 million in financial assistance from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife and a $9 million loan from Investissement Québec.
The planned facility is to be located in Varennes, Quebec and will use Enerkem's proprietary technology to convert non-recyclable municipal solid waste into biofuels.
Enerkem said that the planned facility will use non-recyclable waste from institutional, commercial and industrial sectors, as well as from construction and demolition debris as a feedstock. The anticipated annual production capacity of this plant is approximately 38 million litres.
Quebec has resolved to reduce, by 2020, its greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below 1990 levels, as part of its 2006-2012 Climate Change Action Plan.
Government minister for transport, Sam Hamad, explained that it is with solid and structured projects such as this that Quebec will reach its targets.
The Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Clement Gignac. added: "In addition to presenting a solution to landfilling, today's announcement will enable greenhouse gas emission reductions by about 110,000 metric tonnes of CO2 per year.
Enerkem added that with a commercial scale waste to biofuels facility already under construction in Edmonton, Alberta, and another under development in Mississippi, the Varennes facility represents its third full scale commercial project.
Vincent Chornet, Enerkem President and CEO added: "Located on the site of Ethanol GreenField's current plant, this project will represent one of the first integrations between an existing, first generation ethanol plant and a new cellulosic ethanol plant."
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