Archive for the ‘Biomass’ Category

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Digester Turns Food Waste Into Methane; Operation Begins August

Posted on July 15th, 2012 by Marianne Joy Bugayong

Digester Turns Food Waste Into Methane; Operation Begins August The Collinwood digester that can generate 1.3 million watts per hour will begin its operation in[...]
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Green Energy Plant in Michigan Begins Production

Posted on June 18th, 2012 by Marianne Joy Bugayong

Green Energy Plant in Michigan Begins Production A new 12.8 megawatts gas-to-energy plant at the Pine Tree Acres Renewable Energy Facility in Lenox, Michigan has[...]
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SAIC, Carlyle Group Team Up on 37.5-MW Biomass Project in Connecticut

Posted on January 10th, 2012 by Nadeem

SAIC, Carlyle Group team up on 37.5-MW biomass project in Connecticut Science Applications International Corp. and Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Group have entered into an[...]
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Laidlaw Energy Group Acquires 12.5-MW Calif. Biomass Facility

Posted on November 10th, 2011 by Nadeem

Laidlaw Energy Group acquires 12.5-MW Calif. biomass facility Laidlaw Energy Group Inc. has completed the acquisition of a 12.5-MW biomass-energy power plant inSusanville,California, by acquiring[...]
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China Completes First Biofuel Jet Test Flight

Posted on November 3rd, 2011 by John Daly

On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered by a mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel. The[...]
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China is Interested in Biofuels – Why Not the West?

Posted on September 15th, 2011 by John Daly

China, arguably the world’s most influential and dynamic economy, is beginning to eye renewable as a partial solution to its voracious and growing energy needs.[...]
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Energy In the Living!

Posted on June 9th, 2011 by Barry Stevens

There is energy in the sun, wind, water, earth’s interior, and the animals and vegetation that cling to its surface. Less sexy and most likely[...]
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Biofuels About to Take Off- Just Not Yet

Posted on June 8th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

Investors looking for the next big thing after a hydrocarbon economy have a panoply of options, from solar to wind, as well as biofuels. In terms[...]
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Waste-to-Energy Conversion Market: It’s Large & Growing

Posted on March 10th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Waste-to-energy conversion (WTE) involves the processing of many different types of unusable wastestreams into heat, electricity, and other forms of energy. In 2008, the U.S.[...]
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Biomass Heating 101

Posted on January 2nd, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

Biomass heat is the use of natural, renewable, organic materials such as wood, agricultural residues, and municipal “biogenic” waste to produce space or process heat.[...]
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Sterling Planet Interview: Mel Jones & Alden Hathaway

Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Ben Lack

A fantastic interview in Atlanta, Georgia with Mel Jones & Alden Hathaway of Sterling Planet. Sterling Planet offers comprehensive carbon neutral solutions for businesses, universities[...]