Brockton wants to convert sewage, landfill run off and organics into electricity.
The municipality is seeking out green government grants to upgrade and convert its bio digesters into a bio gas digesters.
Utility Manager Collin Saunders tells Bayshore Broadcasting News they won’t tackle the 4.2 million dollar project without government grant assistance.
He says a bio gas digester would allow Brockton to convert landfill leachate, septic sludge and raw sewage into electricity.
Saunders says the methane produced from these items can be used to feed the grid.
It would be similar to the bio digestor owned by Chatsworth and Georgian Bluffs.
Brockton officials have already approached the Deputy Minister of Environment about the proposed project and the municipality is now taking the next step.
The municipality is investing 13 thousand dollars into the Feed in Tariff application.
Saunders adds there are lots of green energy grants out there — it’s just a matter of finding the right one for this project.
