Transcript Slide 1

have you ever
noticed
that many of today’s
villages, towns and cities
are situated along
rivers
provided new and growing
with adequate
communities
water for consumption and irrigation,
fertile soils
for agriculture,
transportation routes
and
energy
rivers
for trade and travel
for their mills, shops and factories
Introducing
the river of the 21st century…
this river runs
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Boyne Grist Mill, Airport Road
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Currently owned by the Loewen Family, converted to hydro by Sir
Charles Loewen, Aide de Campe to Queen Elizabeth
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Now providing power to the three homes on the property.
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Power Station at Horning’s Mills on the Pine River
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Electricity used in Shelburne and Orangeville
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“Power For Sale” because of the construction of Sir
Adam Beck facility at Niagara Falls in the 1920s
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By-law 93-16
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the County became “the proponent and owner of the new
landfill site as identified in the Waste Management Master
Plan.”
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Waste Management Master Plan submitted to MOE
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Preferred site identified in East Luther Township
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Received EAA Approval
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Received Draft Provisional Certificate of Approval
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By-law 2000-32
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empowered the County to assume composting authority
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a facility somewhere between the laboratory and commercial
scale
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Made in Dufferin solution
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attract new and innovative technologies
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create energy from waste using various alternative energy
solutions
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create energy management utilizing H2
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create an educational opportunity in each of the facilities
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stimulate local economy with industrial spinoffs
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promote the fourth “R” - Recover
Received an
expression
of interest
from Bulrush
Clean
Energy
Formed
association
with Fairfield
Group (H2)
Entered
MOU with
York Region
Entered
MOU with
Alter NRG
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REOI June 2005 for Composting and EFW
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32 submissions received (18 Composting; 14 EFW)
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Genivar hired to assist with the process
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August 2006 - RFQ for composting issued (four short-listed)
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October 2006 - RFQ for EFW issued (two short-listed)
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In 2008 three proposals were received for the treatment of the Source Separated
Organics (SSO)
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a preferred vendor was chosen but this process has been cancelled due to issues with York Region’s
Procurement bylaw
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York and Dufferin have completed a new RFP that will close on June 3, 2010
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the RFP for the EFW facility has closed and Alter NRG was chosen as the preferred
partner
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EFW feasibility study completed
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200 acres ±
on Highway #89 west of
Shelburne at Townline
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joint venture with York
Region
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10.5 hectares
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50,000 tonnes per year
initially
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RFP was issued in
February and closes on
June 3.
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Joint Venture with Alter
NRG (Gasification with
Westinghouse plasma arc
technology)
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70,000 tonne facility
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could process residuals
from SSO Treatment facility
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Feasibility Study identified
the project feasible with
12¢/kwh and $75/tonne
tipping
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continuing to look for
partners (waste supply and
financial)
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2.4 hectares
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possible research facility
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possible power
management facility
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2.4 hectares
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anaerobic digestion facility
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locations for other
alternative energy creators
and users
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lots approximately 2.4
hectares each
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possible location of
greenhouses and research
farm
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Make use of waste heat
from adjacent facilities
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component of DEEP to pilot H2 energy processes
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objectives of H2 Energy Pilot Plant
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pilot synthetic fuel processes (larger scale)
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develop community scale energy processes
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link energy resources to transportation
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can be derived from any energy source
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motive power from IC Engine or fuel cell
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develop solutions which can be
implemented in other communities
(cookie cutter)
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use H2 as a fuel
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capture and sequester CO2
(greenhouses)
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153 wind turbines within
14km of the site
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133 operating
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20 under development
Fairfield Group
Converting gaseous fuel to electricity
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solution conceived and designed in 2002
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proprietary anaerobic digestion technology currently being used
in a Thunder Bay pilot plant operational since 2003
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designed to reduce greenhouse gases
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Target Markets – municipal green bins, industrial food
processors and agricultural wastes
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biological process in an oxygen free environment
produces a “bio-gas” principally composed of methane and
carbon dioxide
derived from the decomposition of organic wastes (green bin
material, food processing by-products, manure)
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Methane is used to generate electricity and heat
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CO2 is sequestered and sent to greenhouses for use by
plants
did you know?... methane is 23 times more
potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas
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What do you think of when someone says “energy”?
Aha moment
Energy can take many forms, not just electricity
Heat is a form of energy that cannot be transmitted very
far
• Inclusion of Employment Lands in DEEP to make use of
the energy created by “river of the 21st Century”
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One Hundred Mile Diet, a.k.a. Localvore
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Cookie Cutter
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this site is within 100 miles of the Greater Golden Horseshoe
developments from the Eco-Energy Park can be applied elsewhere
Sustainability
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vehicles making deliveries to the site would use the alternative fuel being
produced at the site