Sludge Watch ==> Quebec Canada - Project to create fuel from sludge gets fed funds

[maureen.reilly at sympatico.ca]

Sludgewatch Admin:

8. Lead Organization: Ferti-Val, Bromptonville, QC. Project will create fuel 
by drying municipal bio-solid sludge from wastewater treatment into solids, 
applying and tailoring an existing European sludge drying technology.


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Daily News Monday, July 10, 2006

$48M supports research into clean technologies



Ottawa, ON - Twenty-two projects focussed on developing and demonstrating 
clean technologies have received a total of $48 million in funding from 
Sustainable Development Technology Canada.

The money includes $7.3 million for four biofuel technology projects ranging 
from the production of ethanol from cellulose to biodiesel production from 
mustard seed.

For the first time, SDTC has approved funding for soil and water-related 
projects, with $4 million allocated to five initiatives in this area. SDTC 
announced its initial call for applications for soil and water projects last 
year. The funds will go toward the development of monitoring and detection 
equipment that can help avoid water main breaks, improved agricultural 
practices and other technologies.

"By supporting clean technologies during the pre-commercialization stage, 
SDTC helps get them to market faster and more successfully," says James 
Stanford, SDTC chairman. "Not only will these technologies increase the 
efficiency and competitiveness of Canadian industries, but they will also 
reduce environmental impacts."

The projects include the following:

1. Lead Organization: Advanced BioRefinery, Ottawa, ON. Project will 
demonstrate a 50 tonne-per-day, transportable fast pyrolysis system that 
converts logging residue including slash and bark into an energy-dense, 
economically transportable bio-liquid.

2. Lead Organization: ARISE Technologies Corp, Kitchener, ON. Project will 
develop and demonstrate a new approach to refining high purity solar grade 
silicon feedstock for photovoltaic applications.

3. Lead Organization: Bio Vision Technology, New Minas, NS. Project will 
demonstrate a biofuel pilot plant that converts renewable biomass (plant 
material) into feedstocks that can be processed into fuel ethanol and other 
value-added, co-generated chemical commodities.

4. Lead Organization: Bystronic Solution Centre, Ottawa, ON. Project 
involves new technique of window fabrication that reduces the energy used in 
manufacturing, saves material and labour costs, and allows for designs that 
reduce heat loss by as much as half.

5. Lead Organization: Cerestech, Montreal, QC. Project involves the 
full-scale, pre-commercial demonstration of an innovative technology that 
substitutes up to half of synthetic plastic resins with thermoplastic starch 
in the manufacturing of products such as films, bags and injection-moulded 
goods.

6. Lead Organization: Chinook Mobile Heating and De-icing, Ottawa, ON. 
Project will demonstrate an aircraft deicing technology that will 
significantly reduce the environmental, economic and health costs of deicing 
compared with current methods employing glycol. The technology uses heated, 
steam-infused air to melt ice on aircraft surfaces, then heated air alone 
for drying.

7. Lead Organization: EcoVu Analytics, Ottawa, ON. Project will demonstrate 
an improved water quality monitoring system utilizing a disruptive 
technology that concentrates contaminants in the monitoring device.

8. Lead Organization: Ferti-Val, Bromptonville, QC. Project will create fuel 
by drying municipal bio-solid sludge from wastewater treatment into solids, 
applying and tailoring an existing European sludge drying technology.

9. Lead Organization: Green Canal Holdings, Hudson Heights, QC. Project will 
develop and demonstrate a new ventilation technology, "Dynamic Ventilation 
on Demand" (DVOD), which provides an automated deep mine ventilation control 
system.

10. Lead Organization: Hydrogenics Corp, Mississauga, ON. Project partners 
plan to continue their work in the commercialization of fuel cell technology 
for the material handling industry.

11. Lead Organization: Maritime Innovation, Rimouski, QC. Project will 
develop two ballast-water treatment technologies (biological de-oxygenation 
and chemical treatment) and develop a new application for a filtration unit 
that could be used as a pre-treatment for ships' ballast water and 
sediments.

12. Lead Organization: MCW Consultants, Toronto, ON. Project seeks to 
streamline the process for renewable energy technology installations.

13. Lead Organization: New Energy Corp, Calgary, AB. Project will 
demonstrate tidal power generation on BC's coast.

14. Lead Organization: Nutri-Loc Ingredients, Burnaby, BC. Project will 
demonstrate a technology to dehydrate fruits, vegetables and other products 
with superior cost efficiency and quality compared with freeze drying.

15. Lead Organization: Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies, Vancouver, BC. 
Project will develop technologies to recover nutrients from liquid sewage 
and then produce environmentally safe, slow release fertilizer.

16. Lead Organization: Peacock Industries, Hague, SK. Project will 
co-produce an environmentally friendly organic bio-pesticide and methyl 
ester (used to produce biodiesel) from mustard seed.

17. Lead Organization: Power Measurement, Saanichton, BC. Project will 
develop systems consisting of advanced software and energy meters that help 
commercial and industrial energy consumers improve energy efficiency and 
reduce energy-related emissions.

18. Lead Organization: The Pressure Pipe Inspection Company, Mississauga, 
ON. Partners will develop and demonstrate a robotic device that inspects 
small diameter, pre-stressed cylindrical concrete pipe used for water 
transmission.

19. Lead Organization: Tantalus Systems Corp, Vancouver, BC. Project 
combines technologies in advanced metering, wireless communication, and 
in-home displays to give consumers a real-time measure of their households' 
power consumption.

20. Lead Organization: TSC Company, Calgary, AB. Project will demonstrate a 
novel oil sands mining technology that will significantly increase the rate 
of bitumen recovery, reduce water usage from the Athabasca River system and, 
through the recycling of process water, reduce energy requirements and the 
need for tailings ponds.

21. Lead Organization: Unicell, Toronto, ON. Project will demonstrate the 
environmental benefits and operational advantages of an all-electric, 
lightweight composite monocoque urban delivery vehicle in typical Canadian 
operating conditions.

22. Lead Organization: Wind Smart, Edmonton, AB. Partners are developing a 
new drive system for wind turbines that will increase power generation 
compared with gear-driven assemblies while reducing maintenance costs.

SDTC is an arm's length, not-for-profit corporation that is intended to fill 
the chain between research and commercialization.