2019-10-17 19:35:48
Ottawa has announced new funding to support the expansion of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility.
Environment minister Catherine McKenna announced $7.6 million from the Low Carbon Economy Fund will go towards the biomass expansion project, stating in a press release the investment is helping position Canada for success in the $26-trillion global market for clean solutions.
The $20.4-million expansion will allow the facility, located on UBC’s Vancouver campus, to provide up to 70 per cent of the campus’ annual heating needs, up significantly from its current 25-32 per cent. The facility houses both a thermal system and a combined heat and power demonstration system and is fuelled by locally sourced wood residuals.
According to a news release from Environment and Climate Change Canada, the project has “potential for replicability” in other colleges and universities to replace fossil fuels in existing district heating systems.
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