Sewage biogas power planned
Surrey North Delta Leader, British Columbia, Oct 10 2007

"The methane that belches from sewage at Metro Vancouver’s Lulu Island
treatment plant near Steveston in Richmond may soon be harnessed to
generate energy.

The regional government will contribute $1 million to a project to
capture the gas for power. Local firm Paradigm Environmental
Technologies has proposed the use of its “MicroSludge” technology to
more efficiently digest more sewage sludge and generate 50 per cent more
biogas.

The methane-powered engines to be installed would provide the sewage
plant with all the heat it needs and nearly all the electricity it consumes.

Greenhouse gases and money would also be saved because the amount of
sewage sludge produced would be cut in half."

http://www.surreyleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=73&cat=23&id=1079906&more=0

-- 
**********************************************************************
Dr. Ann C. Wilkie                          Tel: (352)392-8699
Soil and Water Science Department          Fax: (352)392-7008
University of Florida-IFAS
P.O. Box 110960                         E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Gainesville, FL 32611-0960
______________________________________________________________________
Campus location: Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (Bldg. 246).
http://campusmap.ufl.edu/
______________________________________________________________________
BioEnergy and Sustainable Technology Society
http://grove.ufl.edu/~bests/

**********************************************************************