GreenBug Energy Inc645 Hwy #3 , Delhi, Ontario, Canada

GreenBug Energy designs, manufactures, installs, operates and maintains Archimedes screw generators for low head micro hydro sites and related industrial energy recovery applications between 1 and 500kW in size.

GreenBug Energy’s main focus is on site development of company owned sites or partially owned sites developed in partnership with others.  We do however also sell equipment and services to enable and help others wishing to develop their site themselves. Therefore we have made it possible for you to request a quote for an “exportable” Archimedes screw generator kit which includes everything you need except the site civil work.  But we are not just another Archimedes screw generator equipment seller or service provider or project developer.

making global energy production and use sustainable

GreenBug Energy exists to make global energy production and use sustainable… now.  The experts say that to do this we have to reduce our global carbon production by 75%.  By many small actions made locally on a global scale we believe significant change can be accomplished. We are concerned with the here and now, making change now, taking advantage of the easy gains, the “low hanging fruit” opportunities that already exist. We believe these opportunities not only are profitable but have to be profitable to make if change is to be adopted on a global scale.

Our  Goals

• To install two systems in 2015, five in 2016 and ten systems per year in following years on existing water control structures.
• To help others install their own systems around the world.

Our vision

 Hundreds of screw generators installed at dams, water control structures, old mill sites, and industrial outfalls, extracting energy now being overlooked and wasted.

A thought that wouldn’t go away…

I really wanted to do something and when the opportunity came to help with an environmental organization I jumped at the chance. I remember joining the Board thinking that as a business person I was going to be in the company of some hard core environmentalists but found myself being that person instead.  After some time it became clear to me that it was best for me to resign. While I continued to support the role played by environmental charities and foundations, I realized it just wasn’t for me and I felt I was adding little value. Unfortunately, I still couldn’t get the idea of environmental change and the lack of progress out of my mind. I was becoming convinced that to solve the capital problem you needed a “for profit” organization, and that whatever was done it had to make money or the whole thing would stop very quickly without being able to sustain investment.  At the time, I was occasionally talking to Brian (Brian Weber), my business partner, about it and global warming and the need to do something. At the same time there was a lot of activity happening in green energy around us because of the green energy act being introduced in Ontario in 2009.  After a number of months we decided to look at renewable energy. We did some research and also did an assessment of our local renewable energy resources. We found that there were hundreds of small low head dams around us and almost everything we read said that if you have hydro resources available you should look at developing those first. So we decided to look into low head hydro further and spent about a year researching and developing the technology.   That’s when we decided to try and bring in Mike (Mike Bouk), my father, as he had just retired as CEO of an Energy company.