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Biomass Gasifier Fuels Electricity Generation, Sells Renewable Power to Grid
ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. (ZeroPoint) today announced the completion of phase one of the field commissioning of its ZeroPoint Renewable CHP Solution™ at a project site in Schwarze Pumpe, Germany. The field commissioning included operation of a reciprocating gas engine fueled by synthesis gas and synchronization of the generator with the local distribution grid, securing a 20-year power ...
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Waste-to-energy plants for rural villages in India
Mr. Kemal Derviş, UNDP Administrator and UN Under Secretary General has commissioned a biomass gasifier plant, which uses carbon neutral biomass to produce electricity for rural villages, in Boregunte village in Karnataka. The project is supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)/UNDP, India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF), and the Government of Karnataka and managed and run by ...
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ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. Announces Solution That Extends Life of Landfill Gas Energy Projects
ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. announced an initiative to extend the life of landfill gas energy projects. Biomass gasification can extend the life and value of these energy-producing assets through on-site production of gas for existing gas engines and transmission grid connections. The ZeroPoint Renewable CHP Solution produces synthesis gas that is suitable for blending with landfill gas to operate ...
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Aura Systems Joins Forces With Cyclone Power Technologies to Develop Renewable Power Generation
Aura Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: AUSI) and Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: CYPW) announced today that the two companies have formed a technology development alliance to combine the all-fuel Cyclone Engine with the AuraGen induction motor and control unit. The partners anticipate that the integrated renewable power generation system will be able to provide a turn-key distributed solution for ...
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Cyclone Power Technologies Signs Teaming Agreement with Biomass Gasifier Technology Company, Enginuity Energy
Cyclone Power Technologies (OTCQB: CYPW) developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced today that it has signed a Teaming Agreement with Enginuity Energy LLC, an innovator and manufacturer of biomass gasifiers. Under this agreement, the parties have joined forces to pursue government funding and commercial applications for distributed ...
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`Innovation cooperation` to meet climate challenges
Climate talks must move from technology transfer to 'innovation cooperation' to develop and deploy technologies effectively, says Ambuj Sagar. For developing countries, the challenges of climate change come on top of existing — and urgent — sustainable development needs. For example, more than a billion people worldwide, mostly in the developing world, are malnourished. Almost 2.5 billion ...
By SciDev.Net
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Environmental entrepreneurs: India`s husk power systems converts rice husks into energy
A renewable energy company provides clean electricity and job opportunities to India’s rural poor. Renewable energy entrepreneur Manoj Sinha grew up in Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, where 85% of the 80 million inhabitants are not connected to the electric grid. He spent his childhood studying by candlelight, before leaving Bihar to earn degrees in electrical engineering and ...
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Eastern Illinois University and Honeywell Fire Up New Biomass-Fueled Steam Plant
Eastern Illinois University (EIU) and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today unveiled the school's Renewable Energy Center (REC), one of the largest university biomass installations in the country, as part of a grand opening ceremony held on campus for students, faculty and the broader Charleston community. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: ...
By Honeywell
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Biomass Will Make Coal-fired Power Plants Greener
The U.S. should follow the European lead and burn more biomass in coal-fired boilers. Big equivalent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions would be achieved according to the McIlvaine Company in its Power Plant Air Quality Decisions online system. In the U.K. one of the world’s largest coal-fired power plants, (Drax), announced recently that 10 percent of the fuel input will come from biomass. ...
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Unconventional Oil and Gas: Turning to New Technologies to Avoid Global Energy Crisis
80% of oil and gas reserves have fallen into the hands of national oil companies. Conventional production has decreased since 2006 and producers are struggling to find replacement reserves that can maintain balance sheets and offset record production. Meanwhile, adoption inertia has begun to give way with the growth of distributed solar, and that wave will continue with the adoption of biomass ...
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REEEP Disburses Euro 3.2 million for 35 New Clean Energy Projects
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced it will fund thirty-five new projects. The funding round, REEEP’s sixth, is the largest in its four year history. “The REEEP portfolio is moving beyond a collection of good projects to being more strategic. We have started the replication and scale-up of successful projects in the past and have also started ...
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Rentech’s Integrated Bio-Refinery Project Mechanically Complete
Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) announced today that all systems required to start up the Company’s integrated bio-refinery (IBR) in Commerce City, Colorado are mechanically complete. Commissioning, validation and start-up of the renewable energy demonstration facility are underway. The project has reached this milestone within the original budget and ...
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The World Bioenergy Award to North America and Africa
The winner of the World Bioenergy Award 2012 was announced on 29 May in Jönköping Sweden: Mr. Harry Stokes, USA. Mr. Harry Stokes has developed, funded and managed Project Gaia to improve the health, economic status and quality of life of a significant number of families in the developing world. Harry has led a global initiative that promotes alcohol fuel and their technologies for ...
By Elmia AB
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Small scale CHP shown at the fair
Technology for commercially viable small scale CHP (combined heat and power) in the effect interval 1-5 MW electricity will be shown at the Nordic District Heating Fair 2011, 20-22 September. Meva Innovation will present their VIPP – Vortex Intensive Power Process for the actors in the district heating sector. This technology is based on production of synthetic gas from biomass fuels and ...
By Elmia AB
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Integrated Gasified Biomass Power Plant Will Use GE Gas Engine Technology to Help Bulgaria Achieve Greater Energy Independence
Karlovo Power Plant Will Turn Syngas Derived from Straw and Wood Wastes into Cleaner, More Reliable and Economic Electricity Couples GE’s Fuel-Friendlier, High-Efficiency Jenbacher Gas Engines with Biomass Gasifier from EQTEC Iberia Power from Renewable Domestic Organic Waste Will Help Wean Bulgaria from Imported Natural Gas To reduce Bulgaria’s heavy dependence on imported ...
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Southern Research Successfully Demonstrates Unique Coal and Biomass Mixture Feeder
Southern Research Institute today announced thatits Clean Energy Technology Development Center in Durham, North Carolina has achieved an important milestone in the effort to find low-cost technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The technology development, a collaboration between Southern Research and TK Energi A/S of Denmark, successfully combined both coal and ...
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Green Energy: From Waste to Syngas Production
Syngas production from waste gasification is one way to produce renewable energy. However, varying waste compositions can make gasification challenging to control, resulting in inconsistent syngas compositions. Closely monitoring gas composition and adjusting process conditions during gasification can ensure consistent, high-quality syngas production. Infrared sensors are the ideal solution for ...
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The new economics of next-gen gasification: clearfuels technology
Those who have been drilled in Santayana’s dictum: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” and who take an interest in the history of engineering will not need a reminder that the problems of high cost and fuel yield plagued the development of the steam engine. Just as they have plagued the development of affordable Fischer-Tropsch and other thermal and ...
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Powerful prospects for CHP
In the commission’s vision for the EU energy system in 2050, the focus is put on a CO2-free electricity production system in 2050. District heating is mentioned as a possibility to distribute heat from solar and biomass energy. In March, the EU commission presented their energy efficiency plan for 20% energy efficiency until 2020. Both district heating and CHP are given attention as part of ...
By Elmia AB
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Year end review of Indian Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has been facilitating the implementation of broad spectrum programmes including harnessing renewable power, renewable energy to rural Areas for lighting, cooking, and motive power, use of renewable energy in urban, industrial and commercial applications and development of alternate fuels and applications. The Ministry evolved renewable energy programme in ...
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