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The WAGABOX<\/em>\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0unit commissioned in May 2023, can produce up to 468,000 Gj (130 GWh) of Renewable Natural Gas per year which represents the equivalent to the consumption of around 8,000 Quebec households.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The RNG production is directly injected into the \u00c9nergir gas distribution pipeline and will avoid the emission of 21,500 tons of eqCO2<\/sub>\u00a0per year by reducing the use of fossil natural gas. This project contributes to the objective set by the Quebec government\u2019s \u201cPlan for a Green Economy\u201d of achieving 10% RNG in the gas network by 2030, and helps decarbonizing industrial activity in Energy Transition Valley, Quebec\u2019s third innovation zone.<\/p>\n

The construction of the WAGABOX\u00ae\u00a0unit, carried out mainly by Quebec-based companies, and its connection to the gas network were financed by Waga\u00a0Energy, with government support including a $2.3 million loan to Waga\u00a0Energy from Investissement Qu\u00e9bec, acting on behalf of the Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9conomie, de l\u2019Innovation et de l\u2019\u00c9nergie (Economy, innovation and energy Ministry), to support this implementation project. The Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Environment, Fight against climate change, wildlife and parcs Ministry), through its Technoclimat program, granted a financial contribution of $3.1 million to the company.<\/p>\n

Located 150 kilometres east of Montreal, the Saint-\u00c9tienne-des-Gr\u00e8s site is the largest landfill owned by a municipal organization in Quebec. To avoid direct methane emissions into the atmosphere, biogas was previously captured and burned in a flare. This historic event for Waga\u00a0Energy was attended by Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of the Economy, Innovation and Energy and Minister responsible for Regional Economic Development, Michel Angers, President of \u00c9nercycle, and Mathieu Lefebvre, President and CEO of Waga\u00a0Energy. Nearly 80 people came to the \u00c9nercyle site to celebrate the day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cBy converting biogas from the \u00c9nercycle landfill site in Saint \u00c9tienne des Gr\u00e8s into RNG, Waga Energy is proposing an exemplary circular economy model, while strengthening Quebec\u2019s expertise in a new energy sector of the future. By supporting initiatives like this one, we\u2019ll reduce the carbon footprint of the Mauricie region and all of Quebec.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Pierre Fitzgibbon<\/strong>, Minister of the Economy, Innovation and Energy, Minister responsible for Regional Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Metropolis and the Montreal Region<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAt last! We are turning an expense into income by converting biogas into renewable energy. The technology provided by our partner Waga\u00a0Energy is becoming a key component of our waste-to-energy facilities<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span>Since May 2023, Waga Energy has been converting landfill biogas into renewable natural gas, and we will soon also be entrusting them with the biogas from our future dry biomethanization and composting plant. We\u2019re very proud that Enercycle is contributing to Quebec\u2019s energy transition.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Michel Angers<\/strong>, Chairman of Enercycle<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to WAGABOX\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>technology, the Saint-Etienne-des-Gr\u00e8s landfill site is now supplying the Mauricie region with local, renewable gas, thereby contributing to the decarbonization of the region. This innovative project was born of the desire of Enercycle\u2019s management to produce RNG on the Saint-Etienne-des-Gr\u00e8s site, in support of Quebec\u2019s energy transition. We are proud to be part of the realization of this vision, in partnership with \u00c9nergir and with the support of the Quebec government.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Julie Flynn<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em>General Manager of Waga Energy Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis promising project is the result of a fruitful collaboration with our partners Waga\u00a0Energy and \u00c9nercyle, who, thanks to their respective expertise, have enabled Saint-\u00c9tienne-des-Gr\u00e8s to become the first technical landfill site in the province to sell its RNG to \u00c9nergir for local consumption. It will not only help us achieve our goal of distributing 5% RNG by 2025 and at least 10% by 2030, but also increase the volumes available so that RNG maintains its leading role in Quebec\u2019s energy transition<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Renault-Fran\u00e7ois Lortie<\/strong>, Vice President, Customers and Gas Supply at \u00c9nergir<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWaga Energy officially opens its first WAGABOX\u00ae unit in Canada - Waga Energy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/waga-staging.rambert-web.fr\/en-ca\/waga-energy-officially-opens-its-first-wagabox-unit-in-canada\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Waga Energy officially opens its first WAGABOX\u00ae unit in Canada - 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