UPDATE — June 25, 8:20 p.m.:
Our crews are continuing to work on restoring service to customers in Central Lonsdale. We are aiming to have heating and hot water back online by the early hours of June 26. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your continued patience as we work to resolve the issue.
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June 25, 5:00 p.m. - We are currently experiencing a system issue that has required an emergency shutdown. Customers in the Central Lonsdale area may not receive heating or hot water during this time. We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. For any queries, please call our emergency line at 604-982-3982. Thank you for your patience.
In 2024, Lonsdale Energy was awarded a $17.5 million grant from the federal and provincial governments to support the design and construction of a new sewer heat recovery energy centre in North Vancouver. Raw sewage from Metro Vancouver’s North Vancouver Interceptor trunk line will be diverted to our energy centre, where we will extract heat before it travels to the wastewater treatment plant for cleaning.
The operational facility will include high-temperature water-to-water electric heat pumps with a heating capacity of at least 5MW. The project will also include environmental enhancements to the surrounding area near Mosquito Creek, as well as public realm enhancements.
It's anticipated to remove about 7,600 tonnes of CO2e emissions per year – equivalent to removing 2,700 cars from the road for a year – reducing Lonsdale Energy’s greenhouse gas emissions by 40% when it's completed sometime in 2027.
Government of Canada news release and backgrounder.
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Read the story about the project in the North Shore News, "North Vancouver utility taps raw sewage to heat homes".
