PlanET Biogas Solutions - News Archive
CARES September 2011 Newsletter Featuring the story: Government of Canada Invests in Ridgetown Bio-Digester to Strengthen Bio-Economy
An article about PlanET's biogas plant at the University of Guelph's Ridgetown Campus: "Government of Canada Invests in Ridgetown Bio-Digester to Stengthen Bio-Economy" published in CARES September 2011 Newsletter. Read the article here.
University
of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus Open House for the New Federally Funded
Anaerobic Digester! 
August 31, 2011, The Grand Opening of The University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus Anaerobic Digester was an exciting and informative event. With guests including the MP Van Kesteren! This project was federally funded and also includes a demonstration lab which will allow the Ridgetown Campus to continue to be the leader in agricultural research and development and lead in the growing renewable energy sector!
Click here to read additional information or contact Matt Lensink at 905-935-1969.
PBS Investments and ECB Inc. Signed Contract for Partnership on Alberta’s First Biogas Plant!
August
26, 2011, Martin Lensink and Stephan Michalski signed the partnership
agreement for Alberta’s first biogas plant in Lethbridge. This biogas
plant is expected to turn nearly 160,000 tonnes of liquid organic waste
into heat and 2.85 megawatts of electricity each year. This is enough
electricity to power 2,500 homes! Production is expected to begin in
January 2013.
Click
here to read additional information or contact Matt
Lensink at 905-935-1969.
October 19 - 2010 - PlanET Begins Construction on 6th Biogas Plant
PlanET Biogas Solutions is pleased to announce that it has begun construction on its 6th biogas plant at the University of Guelph, Ridgetown College campus. The plant will produce 250 kW of electrical energy under Ontario's Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program. The biogas plant will feature a 1,526 m3 anaerobic digester tank and will utilize PlanET's dry feeder technology and pasteurization system for feeding additional inputs.
Click here to read additional information or contact Matt Lensink at 905-935-1969.
August 5 - 2010 - PlanET Begins Commissioning on its 5th Biogas Plant
PlanET is pleased to announce that it has begun commissioning on North America’s first biogas upgrading facility. This biogas plant will be the first farm-based biogas plant in Canada to employ biogas upgrading technology and the first farm-based biogas plant in British Columbia for Agriculture. Phase one of the plant will generate enough renewable natural gas to heat approximately 1000 homes. The plant features two anaerobic digesters, one dry feeder system, two pasteurization units, and a biogas upgrading system. The plant will produce biogas from several organic waste streams: dairy manure, chicken manure, FOG (fats, oils, and greases), and corn silage.
Click Here to read an article by Manure Manager on Catalyst or contact Matt Lensink at 905-935-1969.
March - 2010 - Vandermeer Greenhouses in the News
An article about PlanET's biogas plant at Vandermeer Greenhoues: "Fuel from the Vine" published in Greenhouse Canada, March 2010 issue. Read the article here
February 16 - 2010 - PlanET Announces Western Canada Sales Office
PlanET Biogas Solutions is pleased to announce it has extended its relationship with Christopher Bush. Effective today, Chris will represent PlanET Biogas Solutions in Western Canada. Chris has a deep and passionate background in anaerobic digestion including the development of the Catalyst Power Inc. Abbotsford site, referred to as the "The Farm of the Future...Now". Chris is located in Abbotsford BC (an hour from Vancouver). Read full story here
February - 2010 - Catalyst Power in the News
An article about PlanET's biogas plant in Abbotsford, BC published in Manure Management magazine, January/February 2010 edition. Read the full article here.
November 21, 2009 - Ledgecroft Farms Celebrates Completion of Anaerobic Digester with Open House
On Saturday, November 21st PlanET, with the help of DDACE Power Systems, Organic Resource Management Inc. and Farm Credit Canada, hosted an Open House for the Green family at Ledgecroft Farms in Seeley’s Bay, Ontario (North of Kingston). Approximately 400 people, neighbours, friends, politicians, and parties interested in biogas, visited the farm throughout the afternoon. The event provided Ledgecroft Farms with the opportunity to open their completed anaerobic digester project to the public. Visitors were guided through the farm by an informative brochure and well-placed signs describing the important components of the system.
The Ledgecroft Farms biogas plant is based around a 1,500 m3 anaerobic digester vessel where organic inputs are transformed into biogas by way of a biological process. Manure is transferred directly into the digester while other off-farm inputs are pasteurized first (held at 70 °C for one hour) before entering the digester. The gas produced in the digester is burned in a 500 kW Jenbacher biogas engine-generator set that produces electricity for sale to the local grid. The final commissioning at Ledgecroft Farms is underway and the biogas plant will be producing electricity for the Hydro One grid within a couple weeks.
For more information about this project please contact: matt.lensink@planet-biogas.ca
November 5, 2009 - PlanET Wins 2009 Eco-Action Award
PlanET Biogas Solutions was awarded the St. Catharines-Thorold Chamber of Commerce Eco-Action Award as a result of its efforts to produce renewable energy as a Niagara-based company. Read full story here
