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CBRM to use sewage 'sludge' to generate heat, power at Sydney plant

By District Energy posted 07-17-2018 00:00

  

CBC News

Summary

The Cape Breton Regional Municipality has received a $750,000 grant to turn 1,800 tonnes of "sludge" from its sewage and waste-water treatment plant into energy.

The waste-water treatment plant on Battery Point in north-end Sydney has been in operation since 2005. Since opening, the sludge remaining after processing has been trucked to the regional landfill to be used for composting.

After a feasibility study of the energy-generating potential of the material, the municipality made an application to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Municipal Climate Innovation Program, which provides support to the most innovative projects with the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gases across the country.

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