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Cleantech is one of Sarnia-Lambton's bright emerging sectors. Cleantech is a term used to describe knowledge-based products or services that improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste, or pollution. Our area's specific technological expertise in fuel processing, safety practices, waste management, computer control
systems, advanced industrial materials and power technologies represents a unique skill set vital to sustainable energy production.
On June 5, 2008, Ontario Power Generation announced that they would soon begin biomass testing at their coal fired power plant at Sarnia-Lambton. The utility completed its first co-fire tests with wheat shorts in December, 2008. Although too soon to tell what impact the testing might have on the Sarnia-Lambton energy plant, this announcement reflects the continually growing importance of Cleantech industries. Bio-mass testing is also currently underway at the province's three other coal plants.
An exciting provincially-sponsored Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrationproject was undertaken by the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership and Lambton College - with Sarnia-Lambton being the first community to receive funding under the Ontario Fuel Cell Innovation Program. Through this project a range of fuel cell powered market-ready devices were tried and tested by members of the local community.
Air Products' hydrogen plant,located in Sarnia-Lambton, is producing over 80 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen. Nova Chemicals and Air Products produce hydrogen gas that feeds into a local 30+ kilometer hydrogen pipeline network that includes a Praxair liquid hydrogen conversion facility.
Construction is currently underway at the First Solar / Enbridge energy facility in Sarnia. When completed, it will be one of the largest solar energy facilities in North America. Sarnia-Lambton's chemical and refining infrastructure helps make our area an excellent location for the manufacture of components for the solar industry.
Sky Generation Inc.'s Sarnia-Lambton wind power facility generates 30 million kilowatt hours per year. (Sarnia-Lambton's specialists in engineering, metal fabrication and hoisting make our area the place to look for construction and installation of wind power facilities.) A number of other wind power projects are under consideration throughout Lambton County.
Greenfield Energy's new Sarnia-Lambton natural gas combined cycle power electricity generating facility, with a contracted capacity of 1,005 megawatts, began operation in September, 2008.
Invenergy Investment Company LLC entered into service at its St. Clair Energy Centre in March, 2009. This natural gas-fired combined cycle electricity generating facility has a contracted capacity of 570 megawatt.
Northern Ethanolhas plans for a new Sarnia facility wtih a capacity of 408 million litres per year.
Bluewater Power, the largest electric utility in Lambton County, is currently working to generate electricity from landfill gases. Groundbreaking took place October 19, 2009, for the utility's latest landfil gas to energy project at the Petrolia landfill site. The utility is partnering with Waste Management to produce 3.2 megawatts of electricty, beginning in the summer of 2010.
