The new CHP system will convert urban wood waste into clean burning combustible synthetic gas (syngas) using Nexterra’s proprietary gasification and syngas conditioning technologies, and the syngas will be directly fired into a GE internal combustion engine to produce 2MW of electricity.
Waste heat will be recovered from the engine to produce 9,000lbs/hour of low pressure steam, and emissions from the system are expected to be below local air emissions limits.
Wood fuel used to run the plant will be supplied by the City of Vancouver and other local companies from tree trimmings and other urban wood waste diverted from the landfill.
