Federal government supports Banff project for converting waste into biomass energy
March 2, 2021
The federal government is investing about $530,000 from its Low Carbon Economy Fund to support a project in Banff, Alta. that converts municipal waste into biomass energy.
The town will build a biomass district heating system that will see a cumulative reduction of about 6,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the lifetime of this project. That is equivalent to removing approximatively 1,800 cars from the road for one year by replacing natural gas with sustainable wood waste to heat four municipal buildings. The $1.3-million biomass system reduces the need to haul waste to the landfill. The funding is also helping to increase the solar electricity capacity to the buildings.
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