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The structuring potential of the project
Economic context of the project
The project provides a major potential for use of the LNG cryogenic capacity. Certain
companies need refrigeration in their operations, particularly in areas such as agro
foods, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. For this potential to be used optimally, the
refrigeration user companies must be located within a radius of less than 500 m of the
project facilities (Mr. Raynald Bourassa, DT20, p. 25). This kind of industrial linkage
would provide advantages in the area of energy efficiency and the optimal use of the
resource. It is a case of a beneficial symbiosis that would represent a source of
savings both for the proponent in terms of natural gas consumption for LNG
regasification and for companies that consume “frigories” or cold units. The
emergence of this type of industrial cluster would be favoured by the City of Lévis
since the agreement of October 16, 2006, with the proponent stipulates to this effect:
Rabaska will provide hook-up points enabling the transfer of frigories for
reclamation of thermal waste from the project and, for this purpose, will favour
any concrete project that complies with municipal regulation that would be
submitted and that would make it possible to draw benefits from Rabaska’s
activities on the basis of a formula in which everybody stands to gain.
(DM315, Appendix B, p. 2)
The Panel noted the importance of maximizing spinoffs on the regional and national
scale for a project with private investment of more than $800 million. The magnitude
of this investment argues in favour of this type of industrial linkage around the project.
That would be the guarantee of efficiency in the use of resources and economic
development which are dimensions of sustainable development. However, for this
type of linkage to be possible, the companies concerned must be able to locate near
the project if it is to be carried out.
♦ Recommendation 2 — If the project is approved, the Panel recommends that the
City of Lévis take the necessary measures so that the project can have the
maximum structuring effect for the economy of the region and for industrial
development.
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