Edmonton's Varme Energy signs agreement for Canada’s first industrial-scale, waste-to-energy facility with carbon capture

The project is expected to create up to 300 jobs through construction and operations, with production starting by 2027.

Varme Energy Inc. and the City of Edmonton have reached an agreement for a green electricity and industrial heat generation project powered by city residential garbage.

Varme will build a privately funded and operated waste-to-energy facility located 40 kilometres north of Edmonton. It will be Canada’s first industrial-scale, waste-to-energy facility wit…