Bennett Jones has assisted Varme Energy Inc. in successfully negotiating a first of its kind waste-to-energy agreement with the City of Edmonton. The agreement sees the City diverting approximately 150,000 tonnes of residential garbage per year to a privately funded and operated waste-to-energy facility located 40 kilometers northeast of Edmonton. Once operational, the facility will be Canada s first industrial-scale, waste-to-energy facility with carbon capture.
Burnaby BC will study whether the public, First Nations, credit unions can invest in the municipal District Energy Utility: garbage-powered green energy.
Most Lee County administrative operations will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Other schedules will