Enerkem to supply residential heat, power using residuals from Canadian biofuel plant

In Canada, Enerkem announced that it will supply power and heat to residents in Emerald Hills, Alberta, using heat and residual gas from its Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels plant. The community energy project has received $7.45 million in support from the Alberta provincial government’s EcoTrust fund.

Strathona County said that they will use the renewable energy from Enerkem to displace natural gas in its Sherwood Park heating loop, saving a projected 7,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year. The project will become operational in 2012.

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