Lafarge will grow its own crops to use as biofuel at Bath plant
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By JENNIFER PRITCHETT | Source: Kingston Whig-Standard
Lafarge’s cement plant in Bath will become one of the first factories in the world to grow its own crops to burn as fuel.
Yesterday, the cement giant announced its plans to partner with Performance Plants Inc., a Kingston-based biotechnology firm, the University of Guelph and Queen’s University to develop an “energy farm” to grow grasses, inedible corn and trees at the Bath site. Substances will be harvested and converted into pellets to be used as fuel for the plant’s cement kiln.
Lafarge plans to replace about 10 per cent of its current coal use with biomass fuels starting in the fall of 2009.
The company hopes that switching to biofuels will enable the plant to decrease its use of fossil fuels by 30%.
Read the details, benefits and much more at the Kingston Whig-Standard >>
