Chatham-Kent council will discuss moving forward with a waste-to-energy project for the municipality.
Council is expected to give the go-ahead to invest $1.3 million, or 40% of the cost, to look into the viability of an industrial anaerobic digester built to process organic waste and convert it to renewable natural gas. If approved during tonight’s meeting, administration will also conduct further engineering design work and provide final construction costs.
If the project moves forward, the municipality would partner with Greenfield Global Inc., which has a similar operation at its plant in Quebec.
Earlier this year, the federal government provided $23 million in funding for the project, which will be converted into a 10-year interest-free loan as the project becomes profitable.
In a report to council, administration said it’s expected the project will be profitable after the initial startup period of operations and it will provide an additional source of revenue for the municipality for decades to come.
