An Alberta pork producer is taking a large environmentally sustainable leap, thanks to a new heat recovery unit that will help improve operational profitability and self-reliance. The new unit adds to the producer’s existing suite of carbon-neutralizing tools, which includes conservation cropping to earn “tillage credits.”   Cogeneration, or combined heat and power (CHP), is the use of a prime mover engine to generate electricity and heat at the same time. A new CHP unit was unveiled on August 8 at Hartland Colony near Bashaw, about 130 kilometres southeast of Edmonton. The unveiling event...