Edmonton inks solid waste-to-ethanol deal with Enerkem, GreenField

In Canada, the city of Edmonton signed an agreement with GreenField and Enerkem to build a 9.5 Mgy waste-to-ethanol plant using the city’s solid waste. Enerkem is contributing the technology to the venture, while GreenField will oversee construction and operate the plant on completion.

Last March, Edmonton proposed a gasification plant for the Clover Bar landfill that will convert trash into ethanol. The facility is expected to convert 100,000 tonnes of waste material into methanol, and to develop a process to convert methanol into ethanol for fuel markets. The proposed plant would open in 2010.

In related news, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels is ready to break ground on its 3.1 Mgy waste-to-ethanol plant near Lancaster, California. The company is awaiting its air permit before commencing construction, after securing additional financing to supplement a cellulosic ethanol grant from the Department of Energy received last year. The company, which plans to erect a number of waste-to-ethanol plants near landfills, has a 16.6 Mgy plant on the drawing board that would be built near Corona.

Bluefire holds the exclusive North American license to employ the Arkenol Process Technology, a patented system that transforms cellulosic waste into usable ethanol.

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