gasification
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Author(s): Bethany Dobson, Bosco Ho, Grace Wong, Samuel Wu
Faculty: Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Gunilla Oberg
Staff: Building Operations: Jeff Giffin
Course: APSC 364
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Report: G3 - Biomass - Final Report w cover to SEEDS jvd.pdf
Jonathan Rhone (CEO, Nexterra Systems Corp.), Prof. Stephen Toope (President & Vice-Chancellor, UBC), Elyse Allan (President, GE Canada) and B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell at the announcement of the UBC Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Project on February 15, 2010. Photo: Martin Dee
A first-of-its-kind bioenergy project at UBC will generate enough clean electricity to power 1,500 homes, reduce the university’s natural gas consumption by up to12 per cent and eliminate up to 4,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year – the equivalent of taking 1,100 cars off the road.
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