North Peace Regional Landfill Gas project made possible thanks to federal Gas Tax Fund
February 26, 2015 – Fort St. John, British Columbia – Infrastructure Canada
The landfill gas management system at the North Peace Regional Landfill near Fort St. John officially started operation today. Construction of the system began in 2013 and the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) commissioned it for operation in December 2014, fulfilling requirements under the provincial Landfill Gas Management Regulation.
The BC Landfill Gas Management Regulation established province-wide criteria for landfill gas capture from municipal solid waste landfills. The main focus is the reduction of greenhouse gasses from landfills, as well as identifying opportunities to increase landfill gas recovery. The regulation requires that landfills with 100,000 tonnes or more of waste in place or with an annual waste acceptance rate exceeding 10,000 tonnes per year must be assessed to determine their landfill gas generation potential. If the assessment determines that a regulated landfill site generates 1,000 tonnes or more of methane, a gas management system must be designed and installed at the site. An assessment conducted for the North Peace Regional Landfill determined that such a system was required to be installed by the year 2021.
Options for utilizing the gas include power generation or transporting the gas to a natural gas utility by pipeline. The PRRD can also retain carbon credits to offset its corporate greenhouse gas emissions; any additional carbon credits can be sold to its member municipalities or on the open market for the same purpose. Revenue from selling these credits will offset the on-going expenses associated with operating the landfill gas system and reduce the level of taxation required to support it.
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