Toronto Hydro Energy Services has received approval from City Council to build, own and operate a 10 MW Cogeneration Plant on a parcel of land at 7 Leslie Street. The Cogeneration Plant will utilize the biogas from the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (ABTP) to produce both electricity and thermal energy.
The project will provide renewable electricity under the Ontario Power Authority's (OPA) Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program through the use of biogas resources. The Cogeneration Plant is expected to be in operation in 2011. The project still requires a number of approvals and permits in order to commence construction in the summer of 2010.
Biogas fuel is a bi-product of the waste water treatment process. Biogas fuel is available from the digester process which provides methane for the cogeneration plant. The cogeneration plant will convert the methane into electricity and heat to be returned to the treatment plant. The biogas from the ABTP site will be used in a high-efficiency cogeneration engine plant. The Cogeneration Plant will provide both thermal energy and emergency standby capacity to the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant.
Toronto Hydro Energy Services is currently in the development stage undertaking engineering design, planning and permitting. Community and stakeholder presentations are underway.
A public meeting to discuss the project and address any public
concerns was completed on June 29th, 2010. For more information on the notice for the public
meeting, please click here.
Toronto Hydro Energy Services is also completing the Ministry of
Environment Renewable Energy Approval process under O.Reg.359/09.
Draft supporting documents for this application process can be found here.
