MONTREAL, QC — RCI Environment announced in December that two anaerobic digestion (AD) plants submitted by its subsidiary, RCI Technologies, Inc., as part of its offer in response to Hydro-Québec's call for tenders for the purchase of energy produced by biomass cogeneration (A/O 2009-01), have been retained. These two facilities, which will be located in Longueuil and Montreal's Anjou borough will represent an investment of over $60 million. RCI Environment will be the first company developing this technology in Quebec.

Each plant will transform over 100,000 tons of organic material into biogas that will power generators with an installed power capacity of 3.9 MW.

"The amount of electricity generated by each facility represents the average annual consumption of over 2,000 families and will eliminate approximately 140,000 tons of greenhouse gases. Thanks to Hydro-Québec support, a new technology will grow in Quebec to better manage organic waste." declared Jean Beaudoin, RCI Environment's First Vice President for Strategic Development. "Our plants will reduce the landfill of significant amounts of organic waste and will contribute to the objectives that the Government of Quebec has stated in its new waste management policy and proposals to the Copenhagen Conference."

The new facilities will employ reliable and proven technology adapted for Quebec and based on an anaerobic digestion system developed by the German company LIPP, represented here by Bio-Méthatech. With over 700 installations throughout the world, LIPP is a world-leading supplier of equipment for the transformation of organic material into biogas.

"These plants will make it possible to take a giant step towards the implementation of RCI Environment's development strategy which is aimed at providing municipalities, institutions and companies with integrated and optimized waste management services designed to reduce waste landfill to a minimum by emphasizing reuse, recovery and recycling," Jean Beaudoin added.

Hydro-Québec did not retain the proposal for a third plant, one that RCI Environment had planned for the Outaouais region.

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