Nexterra was a small Canadian company not so long ago. And now it is going places.
From a single contract three years ago for a plant to replace costly natural gas at a plywood mill at Heffley Creek, north of Kamloops, Nexterra has grown to the point where it is partnering with giants like GE Energy.
GE Energy sees synthetic gas as a perfect fit for clean energy generators it has developed for universities, institutions and condominiums wanting to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. And thanks to stimulus packages here and in the U.S., never before has so much money been available to make the switch.
What make Nexterra different is that it is developing small, self-contained units that can rely on local biomass for fuel. Everything from urban tree trimmings to construction waste is fuel for the system. Now, this might seem trivial, but it is not, for an important reason: when you use waste biomass as the feedstock, the base feedstock might be cheap, but it could cost a lot to transport it. Small gasifiers that can take local bio-waste will thus be a lot more cost-effective.
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