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Northstar Announces Successful Completion of Commissioning Runs at Empower Facility and Completes Assessment of RFP Submissions
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Northstar Announces Successful Completion of Commissioning Runs at Empower Facility and Completes Assessment of RFP Submissions\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n PR Newswire\n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n ,\n \n Oct. 21, 2021\n \n /PRNewswire/ - Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. (TSXV: ROOF) (\"Northstar\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the completion of commissioning runs at its Empower Facility in\n \n Delta, British Columbia\n \n . The commissioning successfully demonstrated the operation of the Company's proprietary process design technology, with the commissioning runs processing asphalt shingles into oil, aggregate and fiber. The two weeks of commissioning runs were also successful in identifying the areas of the process requiring additional optimization to move the Empower facility to steady state production. The path to steady state production is now clear and expected to be achieved in the first quarter of 2022. In addition, the Company has recruited additional site staff, under the direction of Chief Operating Officer\n \n Terry Charles\n \n , in anticipation of the move to steady state operations. Following health, safety & environment (\"HSE\"), and operations training, these qualified personnel supported the Empower Facility through several of the commissioning runs.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Completes Assessment of RFP Submissions\n \n \n \n The Company has also completed the assessment of the three Request for Proposal (\"RFP\") submissions from the select short list of independent engineering firms for the detailed engineering design of the modular facility to be rolled out as part of the Company's expansion plan. The RFP process commenced on\n \n August 17, 2021\n \n , as previously announced. The three submitted proposals were highly detailed, within the Company's expected budget and timelines, and provided exceptional engineering partnership options both for the design phase of the project and for ongoing process and commercial optimization as the expansion plans are executed. Final comme...