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February 2012
Publically owned Canadian electrical utility, Yukon Energy is studying the viability of utilising combined heat and power (CHP) waste to energy technologies as a part of its future generating portfolio.
According to the company it is looking into the possibility of using municipal solid waste (after recycling and composting at current levels from the Whitehorse area to produce electricity.
The utility said that the waste would be put through a clean burning gasifier. In addition to the electricity that would be generated, the waste heat produced through this process could be used to heat buildings.
In addition, the company added that it is also looking at wood biomass as an additional feedstock for the gasifier.
There are a number of potential wood biomass sources in the Southern Yukon, including dead standing timber in burn areas, beetle-infested forests around Haines Junction, and waste from local sawmills.
However, on a recent visit to Whitehorse to promote zero waste, Dr. Paul Connett, professor of chemistry at St Lawrence University was very vocal in his opposition to Yukon Energy's research into building a gasification plant to turn municipal waste into electricity and heat.
In an effort to win the public over, the company said that it will be listening to all opinions and reading all sound research into waste to energy and added that it was still in the early stages of investigating whether it is a suitable energy source for Yukon.
Publically owned Canadian electrical utility, Yukon Energy is studying the viability of utilising combined heat and power (CHP) waste to energy technologies as a part of its future generating portfolio.
According to the company it is looking into the possibility of using municipal solid waste (after recycling and composting at current levels from the Whitehorse area to produce electricity.
The utility said that the waste would be put through a clean burning gasifier. In addition to the electricity that would be generated, the waste heat produced through this process could be used to heat buildings.
In addition, the company added that it is also looking at wood biomass as an additional feedstock for the gasifier.
There are a number of potential wood biomass sources in the Southern Yukon, including dead standing timber in burn areas, beetle-infested forests around Haines Junction, and waste from local sawmills.
However, on a recent visit to Whitehorse to promote zero waste, Dr. Paul Connett, professor of chemistry at St Lawrence University was very vocal in his opposition to Yukon Energy's research into building a gasification plant to turn municipal waste into electricity and heat.
In an effort to win the public over, the company said that it will be listening to all opinions and reading all sound research into waste to energy and added that it was still in the early stages of investigating whether it is a suitable energy source for Yukon.
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