Rimrock Renewables, which plans to annually process 80,000 tonnes of manure sourced from its nearby feedlot and 60,000 tonnes of produce scraps trucked in from Calgary, insists the $70-million plant proposed for a site five kilometres west of High River will actually reduce smells from its nearby livestock operation.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“We’ve already retained legal counsel to repeal this because we have no confidence in Foothills County,” said Estes, adding the project should be subject to the Alberta Energy Regulator because it’s meant to produce natural gas.Article contentthat already hosts the Cargill meat processing plant.The company says it plans to produce 520,000 gigajoules of RNG per year, or enough to meet the needs of 5,800 homes.
Fertilizer produced by the plant will reduce local farmers’ reliance on synthetic fertilizer and help meet future federal requirements to reduce use of the products in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, he said. Resulting traffic on county roads, said a Rimrock consultant, would amount to 19 truck trips per hour and wouldn’t require infrastructure improvements.Article content
But project manager John Del Mastro said it’s in the company’s interest to operate the plant as a good neighbour.“This will not only reduce odours significantly but provide safe, renewable natural gas for years to come.”Article content