Title:
Biogas - Resource Recovery & Clean Tech
Abstract:
This talk will focus on the three projects being pursued at the Walker Environmental landfill in Niagara Falls, Ontario through our landfill gas utilization partnership, Integrated Gas Recovery Services (IGRS).
- General Motors (GM) Landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) – 6.4 MW of behind-the-meter electrical generation and 8 MW of thermal waste heat recovery to reduce the GM St. Catharines facility carbon footprint by 77%
- Walker Niagara Campus LFGTE – 3 MW behind-the-meter generation project to reduce onsite electrical loads
- High BTU/Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) – Upgrading and Scrubbing the LFG to produce pipeline quality RNG
Bio:
Presented by David Thompson, Project Manager, Technical Services, Walker Environmental.
Born and raised in St. Catharines, ON, David graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Honours Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. While in university, David worked as a Co-op Student at Imperial Oil, General Motors, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods & Woodbridge Foam Group. Upon graduation, David was hired by Whiting Equipment Canada and worked as a Process Engineer and Project Manager designing, selling & managing evaporation, crystallization and drying capital projects for customers in Canada, United Sates, India, Argentina, Brazil and Spain.
David currently works as a Project Manager at Walker Environmental Group (a subsidiary of Walker Industries) where he specializes in developing landfill gas (LFG) utilization projects. Walker Environmental is a Canadian leader in Resource Recovery and Waste Management, with a focus on sustainability providing coast-to-coast environmental solutions to municipalities and private businesses. Walkers develops and operates environmental and green energy infrastructure for a circular economy.