Power. Fuel. Flight. From what the world throws away.
Portage Energy builds waste-to-value infrastructure across three pathways. We match the conversion technology to what each market actually needs.
Our vision A world without landfills. Every tonne of waste turned into clean energy.
The world will generate 3.4 billion tonnes of waste a year by 2050. We don't see a problem. We see a massive untapped resource.
Landfills were the 20th century's solution. We have a better one.
For a hundred years, landfills were a necessity of urban life: the only practical way to manage what cities discard. But the cost has compounded. Today, the technology exists to convert waste into clean, useful energy instead of burying it. The job now is to retire landfills, one project at a time, and replace them with infrastructure that creates value instead of liability.
Every Portage Energy project diverts waste from landfill and converts it into clean electricity, industrial fuel, or sustainable aviation fuel, backed by high-integrity carbon credits issued under Article 6, CORSIA, and leading independent registries.
The largest avoidable methane source.
Landfills and open dumps account for roughly 20% of global anthropogenic methane emissions, a gas roughly 80 times more potent than CO₂ over 20 years. Diverting waste from landfill is one of the single fastest near-term climate interventions available.
Toxic leachate, for generations.
Decomposing waste produces leachate that contaminates soil and groundwater with heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and PFAS, often long after a site has formally closed. Converting that waste at a controlled facility eliminates the leachate problem at its source.
A burden on the people nearest the site.
Open dumpsites release particulate matter, dioxins, and volatile organic compounds, with measurable health impacts on the populations living closest. We are committed to engaging with informal waste economies on every project, and to supporting livelihood transitions for waste pickers wherever we operate.
Permanently sterilized real estate.
Land used for landfill is effectively removed from productive use indefinitely, with monitoring obligations that extend for decades after a site is officially closed. Diverting the feedstock means the site never needs to expand, and existing sites can begin to be reclaimed.
One feedstock. Three outcomes.
Every market has a different waste problem and a different demand signal. We develop projects across all three pathways, and deploy the one that fits.
Waste-to-Electricity
- Thermal conversion of MSW into dispatchable electricity
- Moving-grate combustion with the latest emission control technology
- Associated carbon credits enable competitive pricing
Waste-to-RDF
- Optical sorting, shredding, and pelletizing into on-spec RDF
- Direct displacement of thermal coal in cement kilns, coal-fired power, and industrial process heat
- Associated carbon credits enable heat-content competitive pricing
Waste-to-SAF
- Gasification into bio-syngas, then Fischer-Tropsch synthesis into drop-in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
- Long-haul aviation cannot electrify; SAF is a drop-in solution into existing infrastructure and supply chain
- Mandate-driven demand with significant penalties for non-compliance
Builders.
The Portage Energy team has delivered large-scale industrial projects in oil and gas, sustainable finance, and infrastructure development. We now apply that experience to waste-to-value projects.
Responsible for strategic direction, vision, and leadership. Previously founded Katal Energy and co-founded Aeon Future Health, Spira Data, and ZayZoon. Serves on private boards and The Missing Children's Society of Canada. B.A., University of Calgary.
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Leads engagements with airlines, governments, and aviation stakeholders. Previously a Capital Markets Banker at Goldman Sachs and Head of Sovereign Advisory at CrossBoundary. B.Sc., University of Hertfordshire; MBA, University of Oxford; MPA, Harvard University.
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Responsible for project lifecycle development and execution. Previously spent 20 years at Suncor in leadership roles across project management, engineering, and digital transformation. B.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Waterloo. P.Eng.
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Leads financial operations, corporate, and project financing activities. Experience across commodity trading, business development, corporate finance, M&A, and strategic planning at start-ups and multinationals. B.Comm., University of Manitoba. CFA.
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Technology partner responsible for leading digital and analytics in the energy sector practice. 25+ years leading large-scale transformations, including president, director, and founder roles. MBA, UBC. ICD certified.
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2024 Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative fellow. Retired from Suncor after a 20-year career, having held roles including General Counsel, Chief Sustainability Officer, and Corporate Secretary. LLB and MA, UBC.
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Partner and Head of Brown Advisory's International Private Client and Charity business in London. 25+ years in investment management. Chartered Fellow, CISI. BTh (Hons), Oxford.
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Business development at Kingston Midstream. Previously VP Engineering at Katal Energy. P.Eng. (APEGA). B.A.Sc., Queen's; MBA, Oxford. Boards: Valent Low-Carbon, Trans Canada Trail Foundation.
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