Les Serres Lefort has over six hectares of greenhouses growing a variety of vegetable seedlings including tomato, pepper, cabbage, broccoli and lettuce for both field and greenhouse crops. The vegetable grower located in Sainte-Clothilde-de-Châteauguay, south of Montreal, has been in business for 26 years and after seeing production expand more than five-fold over the last 10 years, produces more than 65 percent of the province’s vegetable seedlings.
Now, with the help of biomass boiler manufacturer, Compte-Fournier inc., the vegetable grower hopes to cut its energy bills drastically using biomass to generate its own heat.
Compte-Fournier forms part of a group which has installed over 1,500 medium to high power biomass plants throughout the world for district network heating, hotels, hospitals, universities, and industrial processes, among others. The company’s boilers are manufactured in North America while respecting the technology and know-how of the European groupCompte-R.
Now, the company has installed two 6-MW biomass boilers, one hydro-accumulation reservoir with a capacity of 1.3 million of litres, and a hot water distribution system to heat the 6.5 hectares of greenhouse operated in Quebec by Les Serres Lefort inc.
The plant will be officially opened on Friday 18 November during a press conference and site visit hosted by Les Serres Lefort inc. and Jean Gobeil & Associés, the forestry engineers supplying the wood biomass used to fuel the facility.
The opening will also be attended by Laurent Lessard, Quebec’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy, and Stéphane Billette, a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Member of the district of Huntingdon.
Compte-Fournier range of biomass boilers include compact steam and overheated water boilers with a power range of 1,500 to 9,500 kW (and more), which offer 2,000 to 30,000 lbs/h of steam with 200 to 330 psi of vapour pressure, and overheated water at a pressure of 330 psi at 200 °C. According to the company, these boilers “are ideal for industries and institutions with specific needs such as high-pressure steam, energy for processes etc.”.
The company also offers overheated gas boilers with power ranging from 1,500 to 11,000 kW, delivering overheated gas at between 200 to 600 °C: ideal for industries seeking to switch to green and renewable energy.
Its product portfolio is completed by a range of organic fluid boilers, which have a thermal power rating of between 1,000 and 8,000 kW; offering “the highest reliability and yield for electrical/thermal cogeneration from biomass”. With an organic fluid temperature of 320 °C, they offer a solution for producing green energy in remote areas and communities where traditional energy sources confront delivery and financial challenges.
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