The Lachute Landfill Site
The Company
Lidya Energy oversees the management, capture and transformation of biogas produced at a landfill site owned by the RIADM - Régie intermunicipale Argenteuil-Deux-Montagnes (Argenteuil-Deux-Montagnes Intermunicipal Board) in Lachute, Quebec. The company uses biogas from the landfill to fuel its nearby power station, which generates 87 gigawatt-hours of electricity every year. That’s enough power to meet the yearly energy needs of about 5,000 homes.
Lidya Energy provides biogas management and conversion services according to the terms of a 27-year contract the company entered into with the RIADM taking effect as of 2003.
Lidya Energy uses technology that makes it possible to optimize and control the landfill site’s biogas production, allowing it to harness roughly 127,000 cubic metres of biogas every day.
The landfill’s biogas is transformed into electricity at a generating station with a 9.975-megawatt capacity, one of the largest of its kind in Canada. The electricity it produces is sold to Hydro-Québec according to the terms of a power purchase agreement.
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