Dive summary:

• Quadrogen Power Systems Inc. in Vancouver, Canada, is receiving a $1.5 million loan from provincially-funded BC Bioenergy Network to perfect its process to purify biogas from landfills.
• The loan will help Quadrogen remove siloxane and other contaminants from the gas as well as test the ability to process higher gas quantities for commercial viability.
• Additional funding for the project includes a $2.6 million grant from the federal government through Sustainable Development Technology Canada.

From the article:

Alakh Prasad, president of Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc., said the biogas clean-up project is part of a larger $7.5 million technology demonstration project that will demonstrate the conversion of landfill gas to ultra-clean electricity, heat, renewable hydrogen, and carbon dioxide for use in greenhouses.

“BC Bioenergy Network helped us move faster on the bio-methane application of our technology and quantify the potential of its commercial scale applications,” said Prasad in the joint public statement. “We have assembled a large high-quality team of partners that includes clean technology funders, developers, and an agricultural customer who shares the goal of producing clean sustainable energy from organic waste materials.” ...