December 2011
City of Hamilton initiates and funds Phase I of its Biosolids Management Project implementation. Phase I includes the issuance of a Request for Expression of Interest and submission of business cases for one or more technologies to the federal P3 grant office.
November 2011
City of Hamilton P3 grant application for a biosolids management project is ‘screened in' or short listed for a federal grant tht could fund up to 25% of the construction costs. The grant application process accommodates a wide range of biosolids management options including a regional biosolids facility as proposed by Liberty.
May 2011
City of Hamilton Council received a staff report comparing constructing its own biosolids thermal reduction facility to participating in Liberty Energy's regional facility and determined that a significant cost savings would be realized by participating in the Liberty project. Council further directed staff to apply for a Federal P3 grant for a biosolids management project and to consider all reasonable biosolids management alternatives while developing a dual path for project implementation that will accommodate both the P3 grant process and a traditional procurement process without grant funding. Liberty Energy will participate in the process outlined by the city and is confident that its technology meets Council's goals and P3 Canada's parameters.
April 2010
The City of Hamilton Council directed staff to compare costs and high level risk of constructing its own biosolids thermal reduction facility compared with participating in Liberty Energy’s regional biosolids management project.
February 2010
Liberty Energy Selects SNC-Lavalin as its construction partner for Liberty Energy Centre.
January 2010
Liberty Energy (Unit 1) Feed in Tariff application for sale of renewable energy produced from biosolids deemed complete and accepted by the Ontario Power Authority.
July 2009
Liberty Energy obtains a letter of opinion from an independent auditor that its Liberty Centre, once constructed, will be eligible for the prestigious EcoLogo certification for Renewable Low Impact Electricity. This certification is based on very low emissions per unit of electricity produced and delivered to the grid.
March 2009
Construction of Liberty Energy’s ambient air monitoring station as part of the Hamilton Air Monitoring Network is completed and the station becomes operational acquiring background ambient air quality data. Station 29168 air quality monitoring station data is available from the network map.
August 2009
Liberty Energy submits an unsolicited proposal to the City of Hamilton, Liberty’s host community, for biosolids thermal reduction by participating in a regional faculty.
September 2008
Liberty Energy Centre received Certificates of Approval from the Ontario Ministry of Environment.
March 2008
The Liberty Energy Centre Environmental Assessment was approved by the Ontario Ministry of Environment.
June 2006
Site Plan approval for the Liberty Energy Centre was issued by the City of Hamilton.
August 2004
Liberty Energy acquires site control of its 2.3 hectare site located at 675 Strathearne Avenue North, Hamilton, Ontario.
