Vegreville Plant Expanding into New bioProducts, May 5, 2010

ATCO Midstream and Grow-Gen Energy are partnering to create Canada's first Integrated bioRefinery™.

Biorefinery to be built in AB, May 4, 2010

It's a first in Canada.  An Integrated bioRefinery™ will be built east of Edmonton, near Vegreville.

ATCO Midstream and Grow-Gen Energy are working together on the project that will use organic wastes and high starch wheat to make green electricity, bioFertilizer and fuel ethanol.

ATCO Midstream & Grow-Gen Energy to Develop Canada's First Integrated bioRefinery™, May 4, 2010

Closed-Loop Companies, April 2010

Alberta may not always get an A-grade when it comes to the environment, but in some areas the province's enterprises are on the leading edge.

GPHH L.P. Receives $4,143,000 from Government of Canada, March 12, 2010

Hairy Hill, AB. Growing Power Hairy Hill L.P. (“GPHH”) garnered a Federal vote of confidence with a $4,413,000 loan from Canada’s Community Adjustment Fund.  This funding will be used to expand the existing industrial-scale bioGas facility--which is already the largest of its kind in the world.  GPHH will then have the option to build Canada’s first Integrated bioRefinery(TM), a $100+ million facility that will produce Green Power, bioFertilizer and ultra-low carbon Fuel Ethanol that will easily exceed the most stringent LCA thresholds, such as California's proposed LCFS.

Clean, Green, and Powered by Cow Patties, Feb 18, 2010

A feature article in the Globe and Mail on the Growing Power Hairy Hill Project

Energy's 'face of the future' Nov 7, 2009

In his new book, Satya Das argues that so-called dirty oil can help build a cleaner future. He focuses on Albertans, such as Evan Chrapko, who are paving the way.

Hairy Hill Integrated bioRefinery™ Project Prepares for Intensified Construction Period in 2010
October 19, 2009
For Immediate Release

Hairy Hill, AB. Growing Power Hairy Hill (“GPHH”) is developing Canada’s first Integrated bioRefinery, a $100+ million facility that will produce Green Power, bioFertilizer and Fuel Ethanol in a food PLUS fuel way.

Manure Manager January/February 2009
$100 million invested in bio-energy expansion and ethanol plant
By Tony Kryzanowski

'Virtuous' power, February 9, 2009
Cattle manure and Alberta ingenuity are combining to produce a fledgling alternative energy economy

By Sheila Pratt, The Edmonton Journal

On the outskirts of Vegreville, a county road heads north into an endless expanse of snow-covered fields beneath a flat, grey sky.

Use of manure power improves ethanol plant's carbon footprint Febuary 8, 2009
The Edmonton Journal

Ethanol is touted as an effective weapon in the battle to slow climate change because it produces less carbon streaming from a vehicle's tailpipe than regular gasoline does.

Good, old-fashioned manure is province's new black gold, February 8, 2009
Breakthrough biorefinery near Vegreville, a working carbon market set new standards

By Sheila Pratt, The Edmonton Journal

Alberta may be the international bad boy when it comes to greenhouse gases from the oilsands. But even as the fossil-fuel industry continues to expand, a few enterprising individuals are building niches for renewable energy and greener economic activity with tools unique to Alberta.

Hairy Hill, Alberta. June 8, 2007

Highmark Renewables Inc. and Highland Feeders Ltd. are pleased to announce the proposed development of an integrated Integrated BioRefinery™ to be located near Hairy Hill, Alberta

Hairy Hill, Alberta. August 12, 2007

Growing Power Hairy Hill Limited Partnership (“GPHH”) is developing ’s first Integrated BioRefinery. Today GPHH is pleased to introduce our expanded management team. The executive team of Growing Power Hairy Hill will be made up of Bern Kotelko, Mike Kotelko, Evan Chrapko and Shane Chrapko

Hairy Hill, Alberta. November 16, 2007

Growing Power Hairy Hill (“GPHH”) is developing Canada’s first Integrated BioRefinery™, a facility that will produce Green Power, BioFertilizer and Fuel Ethanol. On Friday, November 16, 2007, Growing Power Hairy Hill held an Official Sod-Turning Event to formally kick-off the project