Nexterra receives order for biomass gasification system at the U.S. Energy Dept
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VANCOUVER – Privately held Nexterra Energy Corp. has received a multi-million dollar contract from Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE:JCI) to put a biomass gasification system at a U.S. Department of Energy lab in Tennessee.
Vancouver-based Nexterra said Friday the contract is valued at between $10 million to $15 million, its largest sale to date.
Nexterra’s biomass gasification system is the cornerstone of an $89-million contract for Johnson Controls to implement building management and energy conservation measures at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, home to the energy department’s largest science and energy laboratory and its bioenergy science centre.
The Nexterra system will replace the lab’s existing natural gas steam plant by converting locally sourced woody biomass into clean burning synthesis gas, or syngas. The system will reduce campus fossil fuel consumption by 80 per cent.
Nexterra said the system will be delivered in late 2009.
“We are very pleased to collaborate with Johnson Controls to support this important project,” Jonathan Rhone, Nexterra’s president and CEO stated.
“Nexterra’s biomass gasification system will not only assist (the lab) to meet its cost and greenhouse gas reduction targets, but will also help raise the profile of biomass gasification and what it offers in terms of increased energy security, lower costs and improved air quality.”
Nexterra says its gasification technology can use a wide-range of wood fuels, be built indoor or outdoor, and allows customers to reduce costs, become more energy self-sufficient and lower their greenhouse gas emissions “significantly.”
The U.S. federal government is the largest single user of energy in the U.S. and the energy department is the second-largest energy consumer of all civilian federal agencies.
The Nexterra system is part of the U.S. government’s mandate to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil, according to the release.
Johnson Controls is a power solutions and technology firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange. On Friday, its shares closed up five per cent at US$32.93.