Nexterra wins British Columbia Technology Industry Association award for best application
Nexterra Systems Corp., a leading supplier of advanced, renewable biomass gasification heat and power solutions, today announced that it has received the Best Application of Technology Award from the British Columbia Industry Association (BCTIA).
This award recognizes Nexterra's biomass gasification system at Kruger Products LP's New Westminster tissue mill. The system converts wood residue into clean burning syngas that is being fired directly into a boiler to generate 40,000 lbs/hr of process steam.
The project will displace about 400,000 gigajoules of natural gas per year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20,000 tonnes annually, which is equivalent to taking 5,500 cars off the road.
This unique application of Nexterra's gasification technology demonstrates its ability to retrofit existing natural gas, fuel oil or coal fired boilers to run on syngas fuel. Re-purposing of existing equipment will cut the capital cost of implementing biomass energy systems at industrial and institutional customer sites.
Performance testing of the system has verified that emissions from Nexterra's gasification technology fall well below the limits established by Metro Vancouver while achieving natural gas equivalent emissions for particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and total organic compounds.
'We congratulate Nexterra for its ingenuity, adaptability and resiliency in a challenging economic climate,' said Pascal Spothelfer, President and CEO of BCTIA. 'The company has demonstrated an impressive track record of technical innovation, market execution and growth that has made Nexterra one of the top cleantech firms in BC. This project with Kruger Products reaffirms the breadth of BC's technology sector, delivering cross-cutting innovations that touch all sectors of the economy.'
'This project is a terrific demonstration of the versatility of our technology and its ability to deliver best-in-class air emissions performance. Now that we have been able to demonstrate the technology in British Columbia, we will be able to replicate it in domestic and international markets,' said Jonathan Rhone, Nexterra's CEO.
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