The Quebec Government is providing CA$15M (US$10.8M) in financial support to Waga Energy Canada for the construction of a renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility at the Régie des matières résiduelles du Lac-Saint-Jean (RMR) landfill site in Hébertville-Station, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.
An RNG Project Supporting Québec’s Climate Objectives
This funding represents a key milestone in the implementation of the project, which was signed in November 2024 and is now entering the construction phase. The funding is provided through the Electrification and Climate Change Fund and forms part of the 2025–2030 Implementation Plan of the 2030 Green Economy Plan, which aims to integrate 10% RNG into Quebec’s gas network by 2030.
Using WAGABOX® technology, the facility will produce up to 200,000 GJ per year (approximately 55 GWh), equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 2,900 Quebec households, and will help avoid 9,400 metric tons of CO₂e per year.
A Circular Economy Project for the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region
Operated by the RMR, the Hébertville-Station landfill site serves 50 municipalities and receives 203,500 metric tons of waste per year. The biogas is currently flared. With the WAGABOX® unit, it will now be purified and upgraded into RNG, then injected into Énergir’s gas network—representing a major circular economy project supporting the energy transition in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.
This is Waga Energy’s fourth RNG project in Québec. Three WAGABOX® units are already in operation in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Cowansville, and Chicoutimi. A fifth unit is operating in British Columbia, on Vancouver Island.
“I would like to thank Minister Éric Girard for awarding this grant to the project we are carrying out with Waste Management Authority of Lac-Saint-Jean. This renewed confidence from the government proves once again that the innovative technology of WAGABOX® units is attractive and that our commitment to energy transition remains as strong as ever. ”
Julie Flynn, President and CEO of Waga Energy Canada