The Elementa Group is the natural evolution of what was formerly known as EnQuest Power Corporation. EnQuest was developed as a research company in search of the best available technology; we have now found the solution – pure and simple.
As a company committed to developing a sustainable future for our planet, we felt that our name should represent our personality and our global aspirations. We offer a process that is elemental, inspired by nature itself, and proven at a commercial level, ready for market integration.
The Elementa Process breaks carbon material such as municipal solid waste down to the molecular level using a steam-based reformation process, creating clean energy and useful products from the basic elements. Energy-from-waste (EFW) conversion occurs naturally in the environment on a daily basis, but at Elementa we are able to perform this transformation much more efficiently and then harvest the results in a clean and sustainable manner.
There is no question that our global waste problem continues to get worse. At Elementa we offer an environmentally sound solution to this problem, helping to create a sustainable lifestyle for future generations.
Turn trash into power, NOTL council says
St. Catharines Standard. June 5, 2010.
Author: Matthew Van Dongen
Gary Burroughs thinks it's time to put energy-from-waste back on the front burner at regional council.
The Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-theLake and his town council have passed a resolution asking Niagara Region to establish a committee "to find and establish an energy from waste solution" to deal with its trash.
The resolution comes almost two years after Niagara abandoned a controversial proposed partnership with Hamilton to build a power producing incinerator.
"I think the timing may be right to look at it again," said Burroughs, a vocal advocate of energy-from-waste technology during the attempted Niagara- Hamilton trash partnership. "There are a lot of exciting new developments happening, and we have a company right here in St. Catharines that is at the forefront."
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A solution made in Niagara
"Garden City company creates energy from city’s garbage" Niagara this week. November 11, 2009. Author: Mike Zettel.
A St. Catharines engineering company is hoping to turn a Northern Ontario city’s garbage into green energy. Bond Street firm Elementa has signed an agreement with Sault Ste. Marie to take all of its residential waste normally slated for the landfill and process it through a plant which will turn it into electricity. The 10-year-agreement, which can be automatically renewed for another 10, will have Elementa build the $31-million (commercial) plant, which can handle 35,000 tonnes of waste a year, turning it into between six to eight megawatts of power, enough for 6,000 homes.
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/business/article/162297--garden-city-company-creates-energy-from-city-s-garbage
“ELEMENTA GROUP from St. Catharines has been selected as one of Canada’s Top 10™ Competition winners”
"2009 marks the 11th anniversary of the Platts Global Energy Awards, which have come to be recongnized by the energy industry at large as the hallmarks of excellence.
Finalists were selected from a record number of nominations, based on the criteria for each category, taking into consideration the company's profile and financial performance from within the designated time-frame"
http://geaweb.platts.com/GEAWeb/resources/jsp/finalists2009.jsp
“Elementa Group from St. Catharines has been
selected as one of Canada’s Top 10™ Competition winners” St. Catharines, Ontario, September 30, 2008
"The 2009 winners of the annual Canada’s Top 10™ Competition have been selected by a distinguished group of venture capital investors (www.topcanadiancompanies.ca). Originally developed to promote the 10 most promising life science companies from across Canada to Canadian
and international investors, the competition now showcases Canada’s life sciences, cleantech and advanced technology sectors.”
“Sault Ste. Marie Strikes Deal for Demonstration Waste-to-Energy Plant,” Daily Commercial News and Construction News. September 11, 2008. Author: Elaine Della-Mattia.
“A deal has been struck between the City of Sault Ste. Marie and a private company that could see a waste-to-energy company construct a demonstration plant in the Sault.
“The memorandum of understanding between the city and Enquest Power Corp. is a six-month deal that will allow Enquest to further develop its pilot project and produce test data for city staff and the Ontario Ministry of Environment to prove the technology works. “ – continued:
http://dcnonl.com/article/id30507
“Model of Diversity: City of Sault Ste. Marie Positions Itself at Forefront of Alternative Energy,” Business & Trade Magazine. June 23, 2008. Author: Raimey Gallant.
“The city of Sault Ste. Marie certainly can’t be mistaken as a “one-industry town.” Although steel manufacturing and forestry still play a large role in the city’s overall economy, contact centres and alternative energy have developed into large segments as well.
“The city is positioning itself to be at the forefront of alternative energy technology and research such as bioenergy at a global level.” – continued:
http://www.sault-canada.com/UserFiles/File/BusinessandTradeMag%20.pdf
“EnQuest Power Explains Method of Converting Municipal Solid Waste to Clean Energy,” Development Sault Ste. Marie. June 20, 2008. Author: Bob Mihell.
“The building stands alone, obscured by the planted spruce trees protecting the City Landfill site on the Fifth Line. On Saturday, the trees are decorated with mounds of snow, but there is little to attract attention to the 2000 square foot rectangular structure other than the small group of City officials gathered outside.
“The group includes Ward 1 Coun. Steve Butland, Ward 3 councillors Bryan Hayes and Pat Mick, Ward 6 Coun. Ozzie Grandinetti and Economic Development Corporation president/CEO Bruce Strapp. They have come to observe a demonstration of a radical new approach for processing municipal waste with the end goal of converting it into useable, safe energy.” – continued:
http://www.sault-canada.com/development/index.aspx?l=0,3,43,53,235
“Support for Energy from Waste is Long Overdue,” The Toronto Star. Monday, May 26, 2008. Author: Tyler Hamilton.
“It largely slipped under the radar, but back in February the government directed the Ontario Power Authority to set up a program that would support the early development of energy-from-waste facilities in the province.
‘Energy Minister Gerry Phillips, in a letter addressed to power authority chief executive Jan Carr, cited the need to test and evaluate new technologies that can turn municipal solid waste into electricity. Already, he pointed out, the government has streamlined the environmental approvals needed to build and operate such demonstration plants.’ – continued:
http://www.thestar.com/article/429822
“Garbage to Fuel Sault Ste. Marie,” Science Enterprise Algoma. May 10, 2008.
Author: Laura Disano.
“A new technology for converting waste into clean energy could help reduce landfill use, while creating more sources of renewable energy in Sault Ste. Marie.
Expected to begin in early June, EnQuest Power Corp. will launch a pilot project to research and demonstrate their patented waste-to-energy gasification system at the city landfill.
“Based on a steam reformation process, which is the chemical breakdown of organic materials under high temperatures in an oxygen-free environment, the unit converts waste into synthetic gas and commercial fill without incineration.” – continued:
http://www.seainnovation.com/UploadedFiles/seA%20Newsletter%20Spring%202007.pdf
“EnQuest Discusses Pilot Plant in Sault Ste. Marie,” Development Sault Ste. Marie.
June 11, 2006. Author: Carol Martin.
“Jayson and Len Zwierschke are two brothers who talk trash, play in trash and hope to make a lot of money off trash.
“Real soon.
“And their secret is fluff.
“They're the men behind the EnQuest Power machines that turn trash into gas out at the Sault Ste. Marie City landfill.” – continued:
http://www.sault-canada.com/development/index.aspx?l=0,3,43,53,265
