City of Ottawa has leased a site for the construction of the plant at a nominal cost and will pay a tipping fee of $83.25 for each processed ton to Plasco.
A 20-year contract to supply 109,500 tons of municipal solid waste has also been inked with the waste then expected to be converted into 15MW net electricity for the local gird.
The facility will be equipped with Plasco Conversion System (PCS) design and incorporate the company’s three proprietary Integrated Converting and Refining System (ICARS) modules.
Construction of the plant is scheduled to begin in June 2013 with commercial operations expected during early-2015.
The contract is estimated to expand the life of Ottawa’s existing landfill by 28 years and reduce $250m in capital costs.
Construction and operation of the waste to energy facility is subject approval from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
