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Summary
The Metro Vancouver Waste-to-Energy facility in Burnaby produces 24 megawatts of electricity a year by taking non-hazardous waste – otherwise destined for landfill – and combusting it to generate steam for electricity generation.
That's enough to power 17,000 homes a year, but Burnaby has plans to get much more out of the facility.
The idea is to use thermal energy from the plant, which processes about 25% of Metro Vancouver's post-recycled waste, for heating and hot water for high-density neighbourhoods beginning with the Metrotown and Edmonds areas. Hot water produced at the plant, transmitted 24/7 through a highly insulated underground network of thermal piping, can be transferred directly to the buildings' heating systems, simplifying building operations.
Burnaby estimates that district energy could reduce the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in these neighbourhoods by 82% (22,400 tonnes of CO2e annually).
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