Energy: Page 40
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Waste Management produces nearly as much power as U.S. solar industry
The waste and recycling company is looking to power 2 million homes with with various waste-to-energy projects by 2020.
By Nicole Wrona • Dec. 2, 2013 -
GM, Detroit Renewable Energy partner on waste-to-energy project
The two companies are constructing a facility which will convert solid waste into heat and electricity.
By Nicole Wrona • Dec. 2, 2013 -
Trenton Biogas plans first food waste plant in N.J.
A costly sewage plant that was never used is being acquired by Trenton Biogas.
By Nicole Wrona • Nov. 25, 2013 -
One of world's largest waste-to-biogas plants opening in San Jose, Calif.
The facility is slated to open later this month and will convert organic waste into compost and biogas.
By Nicole Wrona • Nov. 13, 2013 -
First Mich. town starts using landfill gas to fuel vehicles
A town in Michigan becomes part of a growing trend to convert landfill gas for use in municipal vehicles, which lowers fuel costs and reduces emissions.
By Nicole Wrona • Nov. 11, 2013 -
New waste-to-energy plant opens at Republic Services landfill
An unused facility was converted into a renewable energy station by Hoosier Energy.
By Nicole Wrona • Nov. 11, 2013 -
Green Gas Americas buys Fla. landfill power project
Lime Energy Co. sold its Charlotte County landfill to a subsidiary of Green Gas International.
By Nicole Wrona • Nov. 6, 2013 -
$20M food-to-energy plant opens today in Wis.
Microorganisms will begin converting food scraps into energy today at a new facility opening in Wisconsin.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 28, 2013 -
Anaerobic digester project underway in Weld County, Colo.
The new plant will use organic waste to produce natural gas.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 23, 2013 -
Waste Management plans renewable gas plant in Ill.
The company will build a new facility that will transport natural gas to locations through pipelines.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 18, 2013 -
Food-to-energy plant opens in Ore.
A facility which converts commercial food scraps into renewable energy is opening in Junction City, Oregon.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 17, 2013 -
Landfill gas-to-energy project to launch next week in Neb.
The project will convert methane from a landfill site into electricity.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 8, 2013 -
T. Boone Pickens-backed Clean Energy to fuel vehicles with landfill gas
The company is launching North America's largest effort to fuel automobiles with landfill methane.
By Nicole Wrona • Oct. 4, 2013 -
Covanta agrees to pay $150K for rat extermination
The company's LaSalle, N.Y., waste-to-energy plant is believed to be the source of an area rodent infestation.
By Nicole Wrona • Sept. 25, 2013 -
New biotechnology may turn wastewater into energy
The new bio-energy technology converts biosolids into transportation fuel and electricity.
By Nicole Wrona • Sept. 19, 2013 -
Covanta renews waste-to-energy contract with Marion County, Ore.
Covanta Energy will continue accepting waste for the county at its waste-to-energy facility.
By Nicole Wrona • Sept. 13, 2013 -
Iowa city hopes to transform trash into car fuel
Marion, Iowa is looking to Fiberight, a waste-to-energy firm, to convert waste into fuel for the city's vehicles.
By Nicole Wrona • Sept. 10, 2013 -
Covanta plant approved to sell carbon offset credits
A waste-to-energy plant in Tampa, Florida has been given the green light to sell the credits to the voluntary market.
By Nicole Wrona • Sept. 5, 2013 -
South Hadley, Mass. considers anaerobic digestion plant
On the heels of a statewide ban on organic waste, slated to go into effect next summer, officials in South Hadley, Massachusetts are looking to the future of waste management.
By Nicole Wrona • Aug. 27, 2013 -
LCSWMA will pay $126M-$132M for waste-to-energy plant
In an attempt to get out of debt, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania sold its waste-to-energy plant to the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority.
By Nicole Wrona • Aug. 27, 2013 -
DTE Energy considers expanding landfill gas program
DTE Energy may grow its current program due to increased demand from consumers.
By Nicole Wrona • Aug. 22, 2013 -
Covanta ups waste-to-energy holdings with $48.6M acquisition
The Morristown, New Jersey-based company now owns four waste-to-energy plants across the state.
By Nicole Wrona • Aug. 20, 2013 -
As Covanta waste-to-energy plant hemorrhages money, can trash deal help?
A proposal to import trash from nearby Cortland County may help the facility reduce its losses.
By Nicole Wrona • Aug. 15, 2013 -
Michigan State U. unveils on-campus anaerobic digester
The school has built an organic waste system that will turn waste produced on campus into electricity.
By Nicole Wrona • Aug. 14, 2013 -
Madison County, N.Y. landfill to slash energy costs with solar panels
Madison County, New York is seizing opportunities to generate savings and tax breaks from its landfill by embracing solar panels and a gas-to-energy project on site.
By Nicole Wrona • Aug. 14, 2013