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CONSULTANT FOR EDMONTON BIOFUELS PLANT RECEIVES ACEC AWARD
Edmonton’s Enerkem Alberta Biofuels is the world’s first waste-to-biofuels-and-biochemicals commercial facility
The City of Edmonton is considered a world leader in waste management, largely because of the facility. Owned and operated by Enerkem , a Canadian green technology company, the plant was built in 2014. It converts garbage into biofuels and biochemicals. In most cities, much of that solid waste would go to the landfill. Enerkem hired BBA to design methanol purification and ethanol
Kudos aplenty go out to APEGA Members and Permit Holders recognized at the 2016 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards, run jointly by the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies (ACEC) Canada and Canadian Consulting Engineer magazine. Most of the recognized projects are in other areas of Canada and one is in another country. But there is an Alberta-
based project on the list: the Enerkem Alberta Biofuels plant, just outside of Edmonton, was awarded the Tree of Life Award for environmental steward- ship and an Award of Excellence in the category for natural resources, mining, industry, and energy. BBA , the primary consulting engineering partner on the project, accepted the award at a gala in Ottawa in October.
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