Cielo says it will scale up Alberta facility

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. says it intends to scale up output of fuel it produces at its Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, facility from 4,000 liters (1,056 gallons) to 10,000 liters (2,641 gallons) per hour. According to Cielo, its technology converts multiple types of discarded materials into diesel fuel.

The firm says the expansion comes in part is a result of the current performance of the company's waste-to-fuel facility in Aldersyde, Alberta, plus an anticipated increase in available feedstock in Medicine Hat.

“As announced on Nov. 28, 2019, Cielo currently has a supply agreement for enough used railway ties to supply an adequate amount of feedstock for a 4,000 liter per hour facility” in Medicine Hat, writes the firm. “Since that time, Cielo has been presented with many additional feedstock opportunities, including un-saleable materials on their way to landfills, such as plastics, glossy paper, cardboard and agricultural waste,” adds the company.

Cielo says it will not incur any costs for the expansion project, which will be undertaken with its intended joint venture partner, Renewable U Medicine Hat Inc.

In Medicine Hat, the two companies have “determined that a larger facility than originally planned is a logical and appropriate business decision,” adds Cielo. Renewable U Medicine Hat has conditionally secured an 80-acre site in Dunmore, Alberta, that Cielo says “is ideally located next to a major transcontinental rail transfer yard and the Trans-Canada highway. This leaves lots of options open for importing even more feedstocks, such as the abundant problematic plastic [scrap], and will allow for the convenient logistics of transporting renewable fuels throughout all of North America or further through seaboard ports.”

Adds Cielo President and CEO Don Allan, “We are extremely confident our process is able to be replicated and scaled-up from our original design. With waste feedstocks being plentiful and multiple buyers interested in purchasing our renewable fuels, along with the continuous push for environmental stewardship at every level of government and major corporations, the timing couldn't be better for us to scale-up our planned joint venture facilities.”