Sustane s plant in Chester, Nova Scotia. Sustane Technologies
Prince George may become home to two innovative green technology projects, as a pair of proposed biomass and biofuel plants are being considered for the city.
Canfor, Canfor Pulp and Paper and Licella, an Australian company, are behind a joint venture called Arbios Biotech which would use post-consumer biomass to produce advanced biofuels.
Arbios is also working on integrating its technology with a Nova Scotia-based company called Sustane who have developed a new recycling process for municipal waste that diverts waste from landfills and transforms it into clean fuel products and recyclable materials.
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When fully complete, the operations are expected to create 175 direct jobs, and roughly 600 jobs indirectly. On Thursday, Sustane president Peter Vinall told the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George s environment and parks standing committee that his company s process can divert approximately 90 per cent of the material currently going to the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill. We take regular, landfill-destined solid waste, after recycling separation. (And) we can do this at a cost lower than landfills, Vinall said. We believe the potential here is to make this region a waste diversion leader in British Columbia, and the world. The Canadian tech start-up opened its first commercial plant in Chester, N.S. last year and has proven the technology works, he said.