Topic – Recover and Generate Energy

Waste heat from a local sawmill is recovered and distributed to several buildings in the downtown core through a district energy system.

Wood chips from local standing dead pine undergo gasification to produce biogas, which is burned in cogeneration boilers to produce heat for a district heating system and electricity.

Organic waste collected from the community undergoes anaerobic digestion to produce biogas, which is processed and sent to FortisBC’s natural gas distribution system and used to fuel the waste hauler vehicles.

Gasses produced at the landfill are captured and processed, resulting in a source of renewable natural gas for the community.

A heat recovery system added to the existing wastewater treatment plant captures waste heat from wastewater that is used to heat water at the recreation centre pool.