City Council Gives Green Light to Trail Road Project
Statement from the City of Ottawa:
As part of its ongoing environmental and waste management initiatives, the City is continually on the lookout for emerging technologies and processes that are environmentally friendly and fiscally responsible. One such process is Plasma Waste Conversion that will help further reduce greenhouse gases and reduce landfill use, while generating energy for public consumption.
Council gave the go ahead to the City Manager to proceed with an agreement with Plasco Energy Group Inc. to construct a Plasma Waste Conversion evaluation plant at the Trail Waste Facility. The Ottawa project takes Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as an input and delivers two products; a synthetic gas (Syngas) and a saleable solid (slag) which can be used as road aggregate or building material. The Syngas will be fed to Jenbacher gas reciprocating engines to generate electricity for public consumption.