Aquatera manages and recovers over 70,000 tonnes of MSW annually. Through their existing operations, Aquatera already leverages landfill gas fields to power and heat their adjacent water & wastewater treatment plant and is looking to expand its ability to leverage its own and possibly other partners’ MSW in an economically beneficial and socially responsible manner.

Aquatera expects the solutions to have real world testing, no novel technologies, as Aquatera is interested in pursuing and commissioning their first WTE solutions within 1-2 years.

Two distinct approaches are being considered:

1) Aquatera landfill solution: Aquatera’s landfill is uniquely located adjacent to their water and wastewater treatment plant which currently has on-site expandable combined heat and power. With excess land space, and > 70,000 tonnes of MSW / year this site could provide synergies not found with typical landfills.

2) Regional solution: Aquatera has and is considering a regional approach where > 250,000 tonnes MSW /year could be available. In addition to MSW partnerships, industrial companies, who require the “end product” have expressed interest in WtE partnerships.

Eligibility criteria:

- EU Company Size: Applicant is a company with less than 500 employees and annual turnover not exceeding 300 Million EUR.

- Geographic Location: Headquartered in one of the 27 EU Member States.

- Ownership: Possess majority corporate ownership by EU nationals.

- Environmental Solutions: The company offers low-carbon or circular economy solutions.

- Whether or not you have experience outside the EU: companies that present a relevant, innovative technology with high environmental and commercial potential are also eligible to participate. Having experience working outside the EU is an added value to the application.

Please provide the following information as part of your application submission:

1) Technical Solution:

- Based on our outlined challenge, please elaborate on why your solution/technology is a strong fit for Aquatera’s deployment needs

- Technology readiness level (TRL) of your solution

- Required procurement lead time and construction duration

- Scalability and repeatability, including any modularity aspects of your solution

- Safety, environment, and regulatory considerations: Is your solution approved for operation in Canada? What additional regulatory approvals are required?

2) Project Economics:

- Data to run an economic assessment of your solution: Including, but not limited to: Feedstock requirements, operational/input data, output data

- Engineering & design requirements: Interconnections, land space, etc.

Link to the opportunity 

Application deadline: 27 march of 2023

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