July 23, 2011
Biomass Project to Power Up Community
ANAHIM LAKE – ASG Canada Energy Inc. will receive $1 million towards an Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) project to support the development of clean energy technologies and benefit the local community.
Why this matters:
Quotes:
"This is a great way to take wood by-products and turn them into great opportunities that support living a greener lifestyle. These solutions will benefit the environment and the community."
-Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett
Quick Facts:
The ICE Fund helps B.C. entrepreneurs, communities and First Nations demonstrate the viability of their pre-commercial clean technologies to investors and customers worldwide. This includes solutions like biomass gasification to produce biogas, which is a clean heating alternative to fossil fuels.
- Twelve new ICE projects will bring $79 million in investment and 475 jobs to about ten B.C. communities.
- The projects will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 87,782 tonnes per year — the equivalent of taking 17,212 passenger vehicles off of the road.
- Since 2008, the Province has approved more than $72 million for 56 clean energy projects across B.C., representing a value over $390 million in total project costs through the ICE Fund.
- So far, 12 ICE Fund projects are complete and have created 271 construction jobs and 103 ongoing jobs.
- The Province through the ICE Fund supports a broad range of technological applications, including: ocean tidal and wave, solar, geoexchange, micro-hydro, wind, bioenergy, waste utilization, and energy conservation and management.
- The 12 B.C. entrepreneurs, communities and First Nations receiving ICE funding will invest about $71 million in their projects, and with government’s support of $8 million, this brings the total investment in green innovation to $79 million.
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