Municipal green waste-to-renewable energy

Project Profile:

Harvest Power has established an “Energy Garden” at their Richmond Soil and Fibre facility.

This innovative municipal green waste-to-renewable energy demonstration diverts 27,000 tonnes of organic materials away from British Columbia landfills to create clean renewable energy. This reduces Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (“CO_2e”) emissions by roughly 10,255 tonnes per year.

The funding supported two components:

1. $1Million for the commercial demonstration of a state-of-the art High Solids Anaerobic Digestion (“HSAD”) plant that is converting municipal green waste (food scraps and yard trimmings) to produce electricity.
2. $500,000 grant for Harvest Power to acquire a pilot-scale mobile HSAD testing unit – a “Mobile Energy Harvester” – that will be used initially in Richmond and later moved to other sites in North America.

The Government of Canada also invested $4.0 Million for this project through its Clean Energy Fund. Over 50 jobs were created through the construction phase and an additional 6 for ongoing operations.

Results:

1. The facility was a recipient of KPMG’s top 100 global infrastructure projects in its Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition (2012)
2. Harvest Power was also selected by Bloomberg New Energy Finance as a 2013 New Energy Pioneer.
3. Harvest Power features the Richmond “Energy Garden” on a dedicated page on its website, Click Here

“BCBN’s support has been far more than financial in nature. BCBN is the best and most valuable partner we have — they take the “N” in networking seriously.” – Wayne Davis, Co-founder, Harvest Power

References:

www.harvestpower.com