NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. - In vino navitas? Ontario winemaker Inniskillin and alternative energy firm StormFisher Biogas plan to use leftovers from the production of wines to make electricity.
The companies will use Inniskillin's grape pomace, a mixture of grape skin and seeds that previously was shipped to a landfill, to produce methane gas that will be used as fuel.
The companies said Wednesday they believe that the project to reuse about 1,000 to 2,000 tonnes of grape byproducts demonstrates sustainable business practices.
"This partnership is a win for residential power consumers, a win for Inniskillin, a win for StormFisher and a win for the environment," Bruce Nicholson, senior winemaker at Inniskillin, said in a release.
Inniskillin is a subsidiary of Vincor Canada, in turn owned by U.S.-based Constellation Brands, Inc.
StormFisher produces renewable energy from food and beverage processing byproducts in industrial tanks for use in electricity generation and the production of natural gas.
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