Lafarge Exshaw Low Carbon Fuel Facility

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Lafarge has built a $38 million low carbon fuel facility in Exshaw, Alberta. The facility will use discarded wood that would otherwise end up emitting methane in landfills to instead produce power for use in its cement production.

It says it expects the use of this alternative fuel source to replace up to 50 per cent of the natural gas typically used for one of the plant’s cement-making kilns.

Lafarge says the technology is expected to divert 120,000 tonnes of construction waste from landfills each year, and cut the Exshaw plant’s carbon dioxide emissions by up to 30,000 tonnes annually.

Municipality:	Bighorn No. 8
Sector:	Industrial
Type:	Other Industrial
Schedule:	2023 - 2024
Estimated Cost:	$38.0M
Stage:	Completed Projects are proposed from the time they are announced to the start of construction. For substage fields, see our methodologies page.
Developer:	Lafarge Canada Inc.