Manitoba Association of Regional Recyclers “Presentation on Methane Gas Recovery” Tom Keep Community Development Coordinator – Environment November 7,

Manitoba Association of Regional Recyclers

“Presentation on Methane Gas Recovery”

Tom Keep

Community Development Coordinator – Environment

November 7, 2008

Working and Funding Partnerships

• City of Brandon

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities

• Province of Manitoba – Green Manitoba

• WRAPP

• Samson Engineering – Initial Feasibility Study

• COMCOR – Pump Testing and Results

Basic Information of the Eastview Landfill Site

• In Operation Since 1977

• Accepts both residential and commercial waste

• Receives approximately 41,000 Tonnes/Yr

• Capacity estimated to be reached in 2058

Results from the Samson Engineering Feasibility Study

• Indicated that there may be potential for development of methane gas.

• That the City of Brandon take it to the next step to verify numbers.

Basic COMCOR Findings• The landfill is relatively young and

methane gas utilization should be sustainable for over 20 years or more.

• The numbers reflect that there is enough methane to sustain a 1.0 to a 1.5 MW electrical generating plant. (Estimated that a 1.0 MW plant could supply enough electricity for 800 homes.

• It may be possible to expand in the future to a 4 or 5 MW plant.

Alternative Uses

• Alternative fuel for sanitation equipment.

• Direct Use for heating something rather than generating electricity as it may be more advantageous due to capital infrastructure cost.

• Minimum we should be flaring it off as methane gas is 21 times more harmful to the environment than CO2.

Expenditures to Date

• Samson Engineering Feasibility Study $82,963Funded by FCM, WRAPP & City of Brandon.

• COMCOR Pump Test Report$57,525Funded by City of Brandon & Province of Manitoba.

Where From Here?

• The City of Brandon is preparing a Request for Proposal request to send out to potential developers to propose potential uses of the methane and the potential financial benefits for the City of Brandon.