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It’s also important to have realistic objectives.
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Canada’s new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 45 per cent by the end of this decade, while laudable, lacks some key information to determine if it’s plausible.
For instance, how are we going to get there in just nine years?
What kind of government policies, beyond those in place today, will be needed?
And how will it impact Canadians?
Expander Energy Inc. and Vanderwell Contractors announce that their Slave Lake Biomass / Gas to Liquids proposed project received its environmental permit from Alberta Environment and Parks ( AEP ) to establish Canada s first Biomass Gas to Liquids plant adjacent to Vanderwell s sawmill site in the Mitsue Industrial Park.
Expander Energy to build a new biomass gas to liquids plant
23:59 / April 20, 2021
Expander Energy Inc. and Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd, announce that their Slave Lake Biomass / Gas to Liquids proposed project received its environmental permit from Alberta Environment and Parks ( AEP ) to establish Canada s first Biomass Gas to Liquids plant adjacent to Vanderwell s sawmill site in the Mitsue Industrial Park.
Expander Energy Inc. and Vanderwell Contractors announce that their Slave Lake Biomass / Gas to Liquids proposed project received its environmental permit from Alberta Environment and Parks (“AEP”) to establish Canada’s first Biomass Gas to Liquids plant adjacent to Vanderwell’s sawmill site in the Mitsue Industrial Park.
The Plant will produce over 6.5 million liters per year of low-carbon intensity, clean-burning synthetic diesel fuel (trade named SynDiesel®) made from sawmill and forestry residuals. The Plant will concurrently produce marketable volumes of hydrogen from the process. The AEP permit is the last significant permit required to enable the construction and operation of the Project.
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Canada’s largest oil companies welcomed new tax breaks for carbon capture and storage schemes contained in the federal budget, though clean-tech leaders are concerned Ottawa is focused on “moonshots” rather than immediate actions to reduce emissions.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced Canada’s first federal budget in two years on Monday, which contained promises of tax breaks for investments in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects as well as $319 million in funding for research and development in CCUS systems.
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