The City of Toronto, in partnership with Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., announced last month the project to install new equipment at the Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility later this year. The new equipment will allow the City and Enbridge to transform the raw biogas produced from processing Toronto’s Green Bin organics into renewable natural gas (RNG) and inject that gas into the natural gas grid. Once in the grid, the City will be able to use the RNG to fuel its collection trucks. The first cubic metre of RNG is expected to be produced by the third quarter of 2019.
“This project represents a path to low-carbon fuel for the City and will play an important role in helping us reach our goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050,” said Mayor Tory.
The project uses a closed-loop approach in which organics collection trucks are ultimately powered by the waste product they collect. This advances the Division’s mandate to be an international leader in sustainable solid waste management and supports the City’s move towards achieving a circular economy.
Xebec Adsorption Inc. (XBC) (“Xebec”), a global provider of clean energy solutions, announced this week that it has been selected by Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc (Enbridge) to be the supplier for the turn-key biogas upgrading system for the City of Toronto’s first Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facility, located at the Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility.
The project provides a perfect example of a truly circular economy – where Green Bin organic waste is collected, cleaned and conditioned to become carbon-neutral renewable natural gas, and then injected into the gas grid to fuel the collection trucks that pick it up.
Current estimates suggest that the Dufferin RNG facility will produce approximately 5.3 million cubic metres of RNG per year – enough to power 132 heavy duty garbage trucks or about 90 per cent of the City’s solid waste collection fleet. This is the first of four waste-to-RNG production opportunities identified by the City.
Further details are available on the City’s website