OTTAWA, June 7, 2013 /CNW/ - The Minister of Energy, the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, will officially open Moose Creek Energy's new 4.2 megawatt (MW) landfill gas-to-energy plant, located at the Laflèche Environmental Inc. facility in Moose Creek, Ontario, today at 11:00 am. The Moose Creek Energy facility is Energy Ottawa's second joint venture with Integrated Gas Recovery Services Inc. (IGRS), who together also own and operate the Trail Road landfill gas-to-energy plant in the city of Ottawa. Energy Ottawa Inc. is a subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa.
Landfill gas-to-energy generating plants turn landfill gas from decomposing waste into electricity. The new facility at Moose Creek will generate enough green electricity to power 4,000 homes and divert more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from being released into the atmosphere.
"This partnership is a win-win scenario," said Bryce Conrad, President and CEO of Hydro Ottawa. "We're turning a negative into a positive by harnessing landfill gas as a green energy source to power homes and businesses, while diverting greenhouse gas emissions in the process."
Hydro Ottawa's subsidiary, Energy Ottawa Inc., is the largest municipally-owned producer of green power in Ontario. Its renewable energy facilities include six hydroelectric stations at Chaudière Falls and landfill gas-to-energy plants at the Trail Road and Laflèche Landfills. Together these facilities help to reduce greenhouse gases by almost 300,000 metric tonnes of CO2 per year.
About Moose Creek Energy L.P.
Moose Creek Energy L.P. is a partnership between Energy Ottawa Inc. and Integrated Gas Recovery Services Inc. It owns and operates a 4.2 MW landfill gas-to-energy plant at the Laflèche Eastern Ontario Waste Handling Facility landfill in Moose Creek, Ontario.
About Energy Ottawa Inc.
Energy Ottawa Inc., a subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa, is the largest municipally owned producer of green power in Ontario. Energy Ottawa's generation facilities include hydroelectric stations and two landfill gas generating facilities.
About Integrated Gas Recovery Services
IGRS is a partnership between Comcor Environmental Limited, a landfill gas engineering and consulting firm, and Walker Environmental Group.
About Laflèche Environmental Inc.
Laflèche is one of the TransForce Inc. companies committed to the protection of the environment through the operation of the Eastern Ontario Waste Handling Facility at Moose Creek, Ontario.
SOURCE: Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc.
Contact:
Claudia Lemieux
Manager, Public Affairs
Hydro Ottawa
613-738-5499 ext. 7684
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