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Such contract is trending in all provinces and countries

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This is one of many.

All MRCs (regroupment of municipalities) in Quebec, and also in other provinces, are moving into this market.

Energir (ex Gaz Metro) is the sole natural gaz pipeline in Quebec.  This is a regulated environment.  

Energir currently has a campaign that pushed for this type of project.


Renewable natural gas | Our energies | nergir (energir.com)

There's power in your leftovers

Organic waste makes an incredible raw material for producing renewable natural gas (RNG). By recovering waste, we can create a clean energy.

Renewable natural gas

A clean produced energy

1- Waste – First, food waste (like what you would put in your brown bin) is collected and taken to a biomethanation plant.
2- Biomethanation – Next, the waste is placed in biodigesters, which are enormous oxygen-free vats that digest organic matter like a giant stomach. Microorganisms then break down the waste into RNG.
3- Renewable energy – The resulting renewable natural gas is injected into the gas network. The clean energy is then ready for use to heat building, heat water, cook, etc.

Advantages

 

 

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Lower GHG emissions

 

• Produced from 100% renewable resources, RNG reduces GHG emissions in two ways: by replacing a fossil fuel with renewable energy and by preventing the methane emissions associated with landfilling residual organic matter.
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Repurposed waste

 

• Turning table scraps into RNG is simpler than you think! The process helps divert residual materials from landfills to produce a renewable energy source as well as an all-natural fertilizer that is great for flower beds and farmland.
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Energy produced at home

 

• Would you believe it if you were told your city could produce RNG with your organic waste? Well, it is a concrete step cities can take to effectively manage waste.
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Organic waste that pays off

 

• Waste with energy to spare: I’d buy that! RNG production can be an opportunity for municipal governments, farmers and various industries to turn their organic waste into new revenue streams.

Laval University becomes the first Qubec university to buy renewable natural gas

The agreement between Laval University and nergir for the supply of renewable natural gas (GNR) supports the University's sustainable development mission and adds to its approach to reduce energy consumption and combat climate change and carbon neutrality.

Coop Agri-nergie Warwick

Coop Agri-nergie Warwick is the first agricultural cooperative dedicated to the production of renewable energy in Qubec. It brings together roughly ten agricultural producers from the Arthabaska RCM who will produce renewable natural gas (RNG) from slurry and manure from dairy cattle mixed with residual organic matter from surrounding businesses. The biomethanation complex will be developed, built and operated by Coop Carbone, a non-profit solidarity cooperative working on the development of cooperative agricultural biomethanization projects. The start of operations is already planned for spring 2021.

Qubec

In 2023, Qubec City will inject renewable natural gas into nergir’s network. The biomethanation center of the agglomeration of Qubec (CBAQ) is currently under construction. It will treat:

• food residues (86,600 tons/year)
• biosolids (materials from the wastewater treatment plant) (96,000 tons/year)

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The biogas purification unit at the Neuville site is expected to produce an average of 1.8 million cubic meters of biomethane (or RNG) per year, which will be injected into Energir's gas network. Previously, the biogas produced from the decomposition of organic waste at the landfill was collected and destroyed by flaring. As a result, this project is expected to reduce 3,500 tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHG) per year which is the equivalent of removing 1,000 cars from the road every single year.