A large-scale greenhouse cannabis growing operation in East Ladner has made the switch to renewable natural gas (RNG) with a new production facility that utilizes methane gas from the Vancouver Landfill.
Village Farms International Inc., which owns the greenhouse operated by its subsidiary Pure Sunfarms, started operating the RNG facility in partnership with Atlanta-based Terreva Renewables (Terreva).
Subsidiary Village Farms Clean Energy Inc. had decommissioned an existing cogeneration system to have a new facility constructed to process the landfill gas (LFG). The end products will be RNG, which will be sold to FortisBC and carbon dioxide, which will be used in the greenhouse.
Village Farms previously explained that its the renewed and extended LFG contract with the City of Vancouver, which operates the landfill, enables the operation to transition to a more attractive long-term business model based on the conversion to high-demand RNG, which will also generate food-grade liquid CO2, significantly reducing the reliance on natural gas to produce CO2 in their operations.
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