Canada-headed energy company Irving Oil Ltd and compatriot renewable energy producer Grow the Energy Circle Ltd. (GrowTEC) have announced an agreement that will supply Irving Oil’s New Brunswick operations, including Canada’s largest refinery, with carbon-negative renewable natural gas (RNG).
This 10-year agreement allows for the supply of up to 60,000 gigajoules of renewable natural gas (RNG) annually to Irving Oil’s operations in New Brunswick (NB), through established pipeline infrastructure.
The RNG is produced from organic waste, including food waste and manure, at GrowTEC’s facility, located on a family-owned potato farm near Lethbridge, Alberta (AB), demonstrating an exciting opportunity to develop made-in-Canada low-carbon energy solutions.
Irving Oil continues to develop new sources of RNG, growing its portfolio of low-carbon energy sources. Together with future opportunities, these developments mark another important step in the company’s decarbonization journey.
We believe renewable natural gas provides a powerful opportunity for the efficient decarbonization of our operations. This agreement demonstrates our continued commitment to secure strategic RNG partnerships as we work toward our 2030 goal of a 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and shift to lower carbon energy solutions, said Ian Whitcomb, President of Irving Oil.
Carbon-negative RNG
The product received from the GrowTEC facility is carbon-negative, meaning the RNG produced from organic waste captures more greenhouse gases (GHGs) than it emits.
GrowTEC, located on the Perry Family Farm near Lethbridge, is an operating farm-scale RNG facility that has been converting organic waste into biogas and generating renewable power for over nine years.
It is partially owned by EverGen Infrastructure Corporation as well as the Perry family.
We’re excited about this agreement, marking another key milestone for EverGen and underpinning the completion of the first phase of our GrowTEC RNG expansion. Opportunities like these allow us to continue to grow, helping communities contribute to a sustainable and carbon-free future, said Mischa Zajtmann, CEO of EverGen.
