WISE Public Lecture

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Biogas - Resource Recovery & Clean Tech
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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).

  1. 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%
  2. Walker Niagara Campus LFGTE – 3 MW behind-the-meter generation project to reduce onsite electrical loads
  3. 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.