Lafarge Canada Inc. and EACOM Timber in Northern Ontario accelerated their transition to low carbon compressed natural gas signing long-term contracts with Certarus Ltd.
By compressing and transporting natural gas, Certarus offers a mobile energy distribution service that allows remote bulk fuel customers without pipeline access to reduce dependency on propane and diesel and reduce GHG emissions.
“Our ability to safely and reliably deliver low carbon energy wherever our customers need it places us in a unique position to accelerate the energy transition. Lack of pipeline access has historically left remote operators with few options that resulted in higher energy costs and emissions. Our mobile energy distribution capability offers our customers a clean and cost-effective solution that can scale up with demand to provide energy security and price predictability,” said Curtis Philippon, CEO & President, Certarus.
Lakeshore Natural Gas will be delivering the compressed natural gas (CNG).
“In our ongoing efforts to provide construction solutions that build better cities and communities, we are focusing on improving the sustainability of our business, and that includes making smarter choices about the fuels we use to produce our products. Certarus offers a mobile energy solution that delivers low carbon CNG directly to our facility on the north shore of Lake Huron so that we can replace propane in our industrial dryers and reduce the carbon footprint of our operations,” said David Redfern, CEO Eastern Canada, Lafarge.
“EACOM’s mills have been part of Ontario communities for decades. We take our role in the region’s economic, social, and environmental development very seriously. As we look to expand our operations, we want to ensure we are limiting our environmental impact in the region. We’ve made a significant investment in our Elk Lake facility to reduce the use of both diesel fuel and propane, and our partnership with Certarus will ensure we have a reliable flow of low carbon natural gas to fuel our growth going forward,” said Kevin Edgson, CEO & president, EACOM.
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