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$6.8M Air Force waste-to-energy project showcases gasification technology
Hawaii's new waste-to-energy system has completed initial testing and, following more trials, will generate liquid jet fuel from waste.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 24, 2016 -
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EPA awards college students nearly $15K for 'TrashWalls' project proposal
The "TrashWalls" will be built of plastic bags, cardboard, and other solid waste for 10 cents per square foot to provide a low-cost green insulation option for the poor.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 24, 2016 -
'World's first' biogas plant for untreated household waste to open in England
With an annual capacity of 120,000 tons, the DONG Energy plant will receive waste from 110,000 households.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 23, 2016 -
Report: Covanta expands commitment to sustainability, sets future goals
Moving forward, Covanta aims to track workplace safety culture performance metrics and ensure 100% compliance limits at its facilities, among other objectives.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 19, 2016 -
Covanta reports revenue decline in Q4 earnings, highlights strong operational year
Despite losses, 2015 was a crucial year for the company, marked with extended partnerships, facility upgrades, and both domestic and international growth.
By Kristin Musulin • Feb. 18, 2016 -
EPA adds 3 items to nonhazardous secondary materials rule for biomass facilities
The new guidelines support stakeholders looking to adapt fuel-from-waste models while moving toward better emissions controls.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 18, 2016 -
Arizona Supreme Court clears way for controversial trash-burning plant
Electric Cooperative would accept 500 tons of trash a day, recycle 25% of it, and burn what’s left to generate electricity.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 12, 2016 -
Report: Biomass, biogas, waste-to-energy add 224 MW of capacity in 2015
"We hope to see more government support in the coming years to preserve the existing asset base [of biomass energy]," said Bob Cleaves, president and CEO of the BPA.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 11, 2016 -
Oklahoma City pushes forward on landfill gas-to-liquid plant
The plant's particular model, to serve as a commercial reference for creating renewable fuel using GTL technology, has pulled in big players who believe it is worth the time and investment to pool their resources.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 8, 2016 -
Schmidt/Hammer/Lassen architects
World's largest waste-to-energy plant to measure nearly one mile in circumference
The proposed plant will be capable of transforming one-third of Shenzhen, China's trash into energy.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 8, 2016 -
High-tech Colorado anaerobic food digester comes on line
The system separates food and packaging and takes in food slurry while remaining waste is made into a compost-like material.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 4, 2016 -
Covanta delivers Energy-from-Waste facility to Durham and York in Ontario
Processing the municipalities' recycling, composting, and other household waste, the operation is expected to cut landfill garbage by up to 90%.
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 4, 2016 -
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DEC grants final permit for Casella's Ontario County Landfill expansion
Casella now has the three required permits for expansion, but is facing extreme opposition from the local Finger Lakes Zero Waste Coalition.
By Kristin Musulin • Feb. 1, 2016 -
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Norway waste-to-energy incinerator begins world's first carbon capture experiment
60% of trash burned at the incinerator is from biological sources, allowing the experiment to extract carbon from a natural cycle in "negative emissions."
By Arlene Karidis • Feb. 1, 2016 -
State rules may require Washington waste-to-energy plant to significantly cut emissions
Spokane's $110 million plant has become one of Washington’s top sources of greenhouse gases, releasing more than 105,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2014.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 27, 2016 -
Babcock & Wilcox awarded $90M for U.K. waste-to-energy project
The facility, scheduled to come online in 2019, will supply 14.5 MW of electricity generated from municipal and commercial waste — sufficient enough to power 25,000 homes.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 27, 2016 -
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Florida county's plan to import trash for incineration may be halted by state law change
Questions have been raised over whether local governments should be restricted from making deals with private companies that, according to Palm Beach County Mayor Mary Lour Berger, are good for taxpayers.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 25, 2016 -
187 Maine towns debate two waste-to-energy options
The collection of towns is deciding between two serious candidates: the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co., and Maryland-based Fibertight.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 20, 2016 -
Waste-to-energy operations still being considered in Rutherford County, TN
Both landfill and waste-to-energy generate revenue through fees, so the question is, which is a more sound investment?
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 20, 2016 -
BioHiTech and Natural Systems Utilities testing food waste disposal system
"We have developed a process for those who want their food waste delivered to anaerobic digesters so that it can be converted to clean energy," said Frank E. Celli, CEO of BioHiTech Global.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 15, 2016 -
Florida county to temporarily ban composting facilities
The ban was triggered by CompostUSA’s plan to divert rotting garbage from landfill. While the plan was appealing at first, officials changed their perspective after close examination.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 14, 2016 -
Ontario region invests in anaerobic digestion to reach diversion goal
Peel now diverts about 46% of its solid waste from the landfill but, after the anaerobic digester system launches in 2021, the region hopes to bump its diversion rate to 60%.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 13, 2016 -
Covanta to close two Maine WTE plants due to low energy prices
The closings in Maine will be a major setback for the state’s logging industry, which has made a longtime livelihood of selling woody biomass waste from logging operations to plants.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 12, 2016 -
Maryland's Energy3 proposes gasification model in Florida
Energy3 would completely finance the yard waste-to-energy facility, and would be required to launch within 30 months.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 8, 2016 -
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Trash incineration under review for Oregon Metro region
Metro is pushing the region to give incineration serious consideration, claiming the argument against the process is outdated, and citing Covanta’s work in Brooks.
By Arlene Karidis • Jan. 8, 2016
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