Nexterra, one of the leading developers and suppliers of gasification technologies and systems are planning to install a biomass gasification system at UNBC (Univeristy of Northern British Columbia) for heating the Prince George campus. These alternative energy developers convert solid biomass into clean burning synthetic gas. Their new project is based on converting wood residues obtained from domestic sources into syngas. The resulting product is considered to be non-polluting, cleaner and is expected to replace about 85% of the energy needs of the campus. Furthermore, the great highlight of this system is that it is expected to drastically reduce the fossil fuel consumption by about 80,000 gigajoules per year. This amount of energy can be utilized in generating energy to heat more than 700 homes Apart from that, it can reduce the levels of the carbon footprints in the campus as well. The reduction of the carbon footprints by about 35,000 tonnes (per year) will help a great deal in reducing the energy costs too. This massive project is expected to produce approximately 150 jobs, tentatively starting in the second –week of June 2009. The federal and the provincial government are funding this project, which is expected to complete in a year’s time.
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