Urban Waste to Electricity Demonstration

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Project Manager: Laura Martin, OERD, NRCAN – Ottawa
Lead Proponent: Fraser Richmond Soil & Fibre, Ltd.
CEF Contribution: $ 4 M
Project Total:$ 12 M
Strategic Area: Bioenergy
Location: Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre, Richmond, British Columbia

Background:
Fraser Richmond Soil & Fibre, Ltd., (FRSF) will develop and
demonstrate Canada’s first high-efficiency system for producing
renewable energy from food and yard waste. FRSF is the leading compost
producer in British Columbia and operates the largest permitted
compost facility in North America. Currently, more than 150,000 tonnes
of food and yard waste are already processed at FRSF each year,
received from local municipalities and diverted from landfills by
Metro Vancouver. FRSF is working with Metro Vancouver to meet the Zero
Waste Challenge goal of diverting 70% of the region’s waste from
landfills by 2015.


Computer Generated Image of Proposed High Solids Anaerobic Digestion
Facility - Isometric

The objective of this Project is to extract energy in the form of
electricity and heat or purified methane from organic waste, which
would otherwise go to landfill. The purified methane would be used to
generate electricity or fed into the local natural gas system.

This utilization of organic waste will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, divert waste from landfills, and create high-quality
compost, and assist the Vancouver region in achieving its zero waste
challenge.

Benefits to Canada:

Canada will benefit from the knowledge gained by FRSF through this BC
based project. The demonstration facility for this anaerobic digestion
technology will help to promote future deployment of this technology,
not only in Canada, but throughout North America. FRSF believes that
similar facilities could process up to 15% of Canada’s organic waste
by 2020. If this goal is met, the benefits to Canadian communities
would be significant, including new jobs, greater diversion of waste
to landfills, and a greatly decreased reliance on fossil fuels.

Project Status:

Harvest Power's Fraser Richmond Soil & Fibre has made steady progress
building its Energy Garden in Richmond, British Columbia. It is now
possible to walk step-by-step through the site and visualize how the
region's food scraps and yard debris will get turned into renewable
energy and nutrient-rich soil products: the tipping hall footprint is
defined; the walls of the hydrolysis percolators are up; the digestion
tanks loom large; and the composting facility continues to turn
organic materials into compost. The Energy Garden is coming to life as
evidenced by the attached photos.

For an animated view of the process, see the 2-minute video here that
describes the stages of batch high solids anaerobic digestion.

Additional Links:
www.fraserrichmond.ca - Learn more about the Fraser Richmond Soil &
Fibre facility in Richmond, BC
www.harvestpower.com
- Learn more about Fraser Richmond’s parent company, including
Harvest's team, technology and vision for managing organic waste.
blog.harvestpower.com
- Stay up-to-date on the next-generation organic waste management
stories, trends and technologies
Zero Waste Challenge – About MetroVancouver’s effort to reduce the
amount of waste sent to landfills.

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/science/programs-funding/2064

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