Several interesting posts on Alt Power Digest today:
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:11:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Green Bean
Subject: Turning trash into power
Saturday, Jul 26, 2003
Turning trash into power
With the flip of a switch, the dream of turning
garbage into electricity became a reality in Burnaby
Thursday.
But the dream was more costly than originally thought
after a provincial tax break aimed at encouraging
investment actually added $1 million to the price tag
because it was a public - and not private - venture.
Thursday, the Greater Vancouver Regional District
brought online a new turbo generator at its
Waste-to-Energy Facility, formerly known as the
Burnaby incinerator. The turbo generator will use
steam produced by burning garbage to generate enough
electricity to power 15,000 homes.
"Turning waste to energy is an exciting concept," said
Pitt Meadows Mayor Don MacLean, chair of the GVRD's
solid waste management committee.
"And the concept of looking at garbage as a commodity
to be used, rather than discarded, reflects this
region's innovative thinking."
The incinerator, operating since 1988, burns 250,000
tonnes of garbage each year, which is roughly 20 per
cent of the trash generated in the region.
Until now, the steam produced by incineration was sold
to Norampac, a paper-recycling mill next to the
incinerator, but a downturn in the paper industry cut
Norampac's need for steam.
Rather than waste the excess steam, the region will
use it to generate electricity for sale to B.C. Hydro,
earning between $5 million and $6 million annually.
That revenue will offset the region's solid waste
management costs.
Greenhouse emissions will also be cut by up to 59,000
tonnes per year by reducing the region's reliance on
dirtier energy sources, helping Canada meet its Kyoto
Accord commitments.
Yet for all its benefits, the project is costing
Greater Vancouver homeowners more money than
originally thought simply because it was initiated by
the regional district, not a private company.
In July 2001, the B.C. government exempted companies
buying or leasing machinery used for manufacturing
from paying provincial sales
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