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FREDERICTON — A northwestern New Brunswick company has been honoured by the province's bioscience agency.
Laforge Bioenvironmental received the New Brunswick Bioscience Achievement Award from BioNB during a ceremony in Fredericton on Friday.
BioNB says Laforge has created a multimillion-dollar biogas facility that generates clean, renewable energy, all while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and landfill waste.
Laforge operates two anaerobic digesters on a dairy farm in Saint-Andre, which is fuelled with manure and organic food waste from regional food processors.
The digesters mix the feedstock and create methane, which is captured and used as fuel to generate electricity.
BioNB says the two digesters generate about 1.6 megawatts of energy — enough to power the entire dairy operation and 1,000 homes in the area.
(CKHJ)
The Canadian Press
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