Enwave Expanding Waste-to-District Energy Plant on Prince Edward Island
Enwave Energy Corp. will replace and expand its waste-to-power plant on Prince Edward Island, Canada, with a new facility by 2028.
The existing district energy plant converts municipal solid waste and biomass, scrap wood from forest harvesting operations, to energy and provides it to customers through the interconnected district energy network. The facility is capable of processing 90 percent of the province’s total black cart residential waste, reducing landfill waste.
The expansion of the facility will replace the use of fuel oil for heating, while providing reliability and redundancy to more than 145 connected buildings in Charlottetown, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the University of Prince Edward Island, schools and residences.
The annual impact of avoiding landfill by using up to 49,000 tons of municipal solid waste for heating will reduce greenhouse gases by up to 908,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent by 2052.
Enwave’s expansion of the waste processing facility and operations will nearly double the existing waste processing capacity and support Charlottetown’s Vision for a Sustainable Energy Future by transitioning to renewable clean energy and incorporating sustainable innovation and technology.
The facility expansion is supported by the Canadian Infrastructure Bank through an aggregate facility of $600 million supporting innovative energy projects across Enwave’s portfolio, including Lakeview Village in Mississauga, Ontario (Wastewater Heat Recovery technology), Etobicoke Civic Centre in Toronto (Geo-exchange technology) and the Prince Edward Island facility.
Enwave has worked with Maple Reinders Constructors, Marco Group, Ramboll Group, Coles Associates, Stantec, BTY Group, Martin GmbH, Andritz TEP, LAB SA and Kone Cranes Canada for the expansion project.
