City of Toronto and Enbridge will build a Renewable Natural Gas plant
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Enbridge Gas
Distribution and the City of Toronto will build and install equipment that
will turn the city's organic waste into clean energy (see press
release, 20/7/2018).
Location
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It will
be located at Dufferin Organics Processing Facility (Toronto, Canada).
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Feedstock
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Organic
waste (apple cores, egg shells, coffee grounds…).
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Products
and production capacity
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5 million
cubic metres of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).
The methane
produced by anaerobic digestion will be captured, cleaned and injected into
the natural gas distribution system to feed the very trucks that picked up
the green bin waste. It would be enough to fuel 132 garbage trucks (90% of
the city's fleet).
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Expected
start-up
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2019.
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Figure 1. Creating energy from organic waste (extracted
from the press release)
The Ontario Ministry of Energy believes that
RNG can replace up to 15% of Ontario's conventional natural gas supply by 2035.
Converting fleets, public transit and heavy-duty vehicles from diesel to
natural gas will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 15% and save
up to 40% on fuel costs.