Fraser Valley Biogas final month achieved its highest single-day and month-to-month manufacturing of renewable pure fuel (RNG) on the biowaste-to-fuel facility within the Canadian province of British Columbia, posting 530 gigajoules (GJ) and 10,758 GJs respectively, the proprietor has mentioned.
The power can now additionally course of a wider vary of feedstock with new gear commissioned, EverGen Infrastructure Corp. mentioned in a press launch.
Fraser Valley Biogas’ earlier highest month-to-month manufacturing was 9,716 GJs in February. “Our efforts have translated into tangible outcomes as we count on the power to exceed its nameplate capability of 160,000 GJs per yr as soon as totally ramped up”, EverGen chief govt Mischa Zajtmann mentioned in a press release March 5 saying the milestone.
EverGen mentioned then, “Together with ongoing optimization efforts and the finished set up of the third digester, EverGen stays dedicated to its manufacturing objectives and assembly the growing calls for for RNG and low carbon infrastructure in Canada”.
The nation’s fuel utilities have set an aspirational aim of 5 p.c RNG blended into pure fuel streams by 2025 and 10 p.c by 2030, in accordance with the Canadian Gasoline Affiliation.
Fifteen RNG manufacturing amenities have to this point been put into operation in Canada, in accordance with the trade group.
Final month EverGen introduced an settlement to produce RNG from Fraser Valley Biogas, which it acquired 2021, to FortisBC Power Inc. for 20 years.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based EverGen accomplished the enlargement of Fraser Valley Biogas final December, elevating its RNG nameplate capability to 160,000 GJs yearly.
FortisBC, a Surrey, British Columbia-based pure fuel and energy utility, will inject the RNG from Fraser Valley Biogas into its pure fuel system, EverGen mentioned in a information launch June 24. FortisBC operates the interconnection facility on the RNG manufacturing facility.
“This settlement ensures a steady and predictable provide of RNG for FortisBC, whereas offering EverGen with a reliable buyer and long-term income stream”, EverGen mentioned.
David Bennett, director for renewable fuel and low carbon fuels at FortisBC, commented, “By persevering with to extend our RNG provide, we’re serving to to scale back greenhouse fuel emissions and supporting our imaginative and prescient to have round 75 p.c of the fuel in our system be renewable and low-carbon by 2050”.
Put into service 2011, Fraser Valley Biogas, which processes manure and off-farm organics, is Canada’s first agricultural digester to provide RNG, in accordance with EverGen. RNG, or biomethane, is biogas whose methane content material is elevated to allow it for use instead of typical pure fuel.
“The RNG generated by way of this mission is a part of FortisBC’s program to produce renewable fuel to houses, companies and its clients”, EverGen says on its web site. “Fraser Valley Biogas additionally supplies Abbotsford farms with renewable fertilizer through the digestate produced as a part of the method”.
Simultaneous with the FortisBC settlement announcement, EverGen additionally mentioned it had inked “a long-term feedstock provide settlement with a waste disposal consolidator within the area”.
“The feedstock secured represents higher than 50 p.c of the off-farm waste required to attain nameplate capability”, it mentioned.
Zajtmann mentioned, “With each offtake and feedstock agreements in place on a long-term foundation, EverGen has considerably de-risked the FVB mission”.
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