Nexterra Systems Corp is a leading developer and supplier of advanced gasification systems that convert biomass fuels into “syngas”— a clean burning substitute for a variety of traditional fuels. Since the company was established in 2003, it has focused on commercializing its proprietary gasification technology for thermal and cogeneration applications.  For example:

• For Dockside Green in Victoria, B.C., Nexterra’s gasification system converts urban wood waste into heat and hot water for the entire development. 
• For the University of Northern B.C. in Prince George, Nexterra’s gasification system will displace up to 95% of the natural gas currently used to heat the campus.
• Nexterra’s system at the Kruger Products paper mill in New Westminster, B.C. will directly fire a boiler to displace natural gas used to generate 40,000 lbs of steam used in the paper making process.
• Nexterra has successfully completed testing of biosolids (a residual product of wastewater treatment) as a new fuel source at its Product Development Centre, in Kamloops, B.C.  The firm’s gasification technology produced high quality thermal energy without requiring major equipment modifications.

In 2009, Nexterra announced a strategic alliance with Andritz , an Austrian company that delivers customized plants and process technologies, to market drying solutions fuelled by renewable biomass energy from municipal wastewater treatment plants. The combination of Nexterra gasification technologies with Andritz biosolids dryers offers municipal wastewater treatment facilities the means to reduce fuel costs, eliminate dependence on fossil fuels, lower their greenhouse gas emissions and deploy a sustainable solution for biosolids management.

Nexterra (www.nexterra.ca)  – another excellent illustration of Canadian leadership in the development solutions for a greener future.

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Gasification is a thermo-chemical process that uses heat to convert carbon-containing fuel into a clean burning gas commonly referred to as syngas.