The Company     The Lachute Landfill Site     The Power Station

Lidya Energy ’s thermal power station is located next to the Lachute landfill site and has a production capacity of 9.975 megawatts. 

Each of the power station’s seven 4,160 v, 60Hz / 1200 rpm Caterpillar internal combustion engines is fuelled by biogas and contributes to the production of 87 gigawatt-hours of electricity every year, enough to meet the energy needs of about 5,000 homes. 

A Potential Source of Heat
Eventually, it may be possible to use the heat generated by the combustion of biogas at the thermal station to power a heating system for industrial facilities built nearby.  There is a great deal of promising potential for development of such a system as a way of meeting the heating needs of buildings or greenhouses.