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it would, and began producing electric-
ity and boiler gas for their business. They
were happy.”
Happy enough that, less than a year later,
the processor asked Bio-En to double
the size of the original facility. The lower
energy and waste management cost
structure that their biogas plant created
allowed them to further expand their
business more rapidly than they had
originally planned to do.
This expansion had enabled the proces-
sor to generate 90 per cent of the elec-
tricity and 100 per cent of the boiler
fuel required to operate their energy-
intensive business using their own waste
materials. And to complete the circle,
“After processing through our plant,
those wastes were converted into a valu-
able fertilizer that the company is now
using on their own crop lands,” says
Taylor.
Tremendous Potential
“There’s tremendous potential” for
biogas in Canada, say Taylor. “Our indus-
try is a great solution for governments
“We don’t know of anyone
else in our industry that
can offer this depth
of integration and
experience.”
Paul Taylor, Manager of
New Business Development
Plant operator Chris Martin on the catwalk at the Elmira plant
