Client: City of Prince George
Year: 2000 to present
Project Highlights
- Waste heat recovery capacity up to 7.5MWt
- 500 Trench m piping installed
- 64,000 m2 floor area serviced
District Energy System Recovering Heat from the Local Sawmill
The City of Prince George retained FVB to investigate alternative sources of energy to support its Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction City Strategy and help the city revitalize its downtown core through the availability of competitive, efficient and environmentally responsible thermal energy.
The mill produces heat by burning biomass waste for the purpose of drying sawn lumber. FVB’s system captures the waste heat from this process and uses it to heat water for the DES. Since designing the Biomass system FVB has continued to work on a variety of distribution expansion projects as well as energy transfer stations extending the DES’ reach to a wider area. This includes a connection to the Wood Innovation and Design Centre, a landmark LEED certified wood research and education facility. As well as connections to the Law courts, Residence parkade and a new pool complex.
FVB helped the city overcome the challenge of locating the plant by presenting the city with cost estimates based on piping requirements and the plant footprint. FVB also drafted energy service agreements and assisted the city in a marketing campaign to present DES as an attractive alternative to conventional forms of thermal energy. FVB’s support to the city is ongoing.
FVB Energy FVB provided feasibility studies, business case analysis, marketing, design, construction and operations support for the district energy system.
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Keywords
Biomass, sawmill residues, LEED, ETS, DPS, Business Case