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Power plants exerting heat dates back to an earlier topic of discussion: accommodating greenhouses and vegetation along side the plasma gasification plant. The idea has been and continues to evolve around efficiency.

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Sunbay eyes new property for Port Hope gasification power plant
Energy-from-waste facility still going through approval process
Jun 25, 2009 - 05:10 PM

By Jennifer O'Meara

PORT HOPE -- Sunbay Energy Corporation is eyeing a new site for the proposed energy-from-waste gasification power plant in Ward 2.

The 124-acre site is east of Wesleyville Road, and north of Mail Road, just south of Hwy. 401.

"We feel that is an ideal site - more than we could have expected," Sunbay Energy Corporation President Jordan Oxley told Port Hope council, at its June 23 committee of the whole meeting.

When Sunbay unveiled its plans in April 2008, it planned to build the gasification power plant on a nearby 23-acre site west of Wesleyville Road. The new site is directly off Hwy. 401.

"We thought the other one was great. I can't imagine we'll find one better than this," said Mr. Oxley.

The main facility will be built on the new site and a 43-acre property further south on Wesleyville Road will house greenhouses to take excess heat from the gasification plant.

"That would mean more jobs and a bit more economic activity out there," said Mr. Oxley.

The site is already zoned agricultural and after a preliminary meeting with municipal staff, Mr. Oxley said a greenhouse could be allowed under that zoning.

Around 250 tradespeople are expected to hired for the 18-month construction of the facility, with 40 to 50 jobs created at the plant. Another dozen people could be employed at a visitors centre for officials considering partnering with Sunbay for future gasification power plants in other parts of North America.

The gasification plant will take waste and use plasma gasification at high temperatures to produce a synthetic gas which is then used to produce electricity.

The waste will be recycling and textile residuals from Turtle Island Recycling, one of the largest waste haulers in the Greater Toronto Area. An analysis of the material shows it's ideal for high power output and low emissions.

When up and running, the gasification power plant could produce enough electricity to power 20,000 homes.

Council accepted the new information with only one question - how long until the building starts? Mr. Oxley said he expects the approval process with the provincial and municipal governments to take from six months to a year. Construction could start within a year to 18 months and the plant could open in two years.

"We're probably the ones that want it to go the quickest," said Mr. Oxley. "We're doing everything we can."

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