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Landfill gas set to generate income for the Scottish Borders
A renewable energy project by Scottish Borders Council will create enough green electricity to power more than 1,000 homes, while cutting annual carbon emissions by the equivalent of around 30,000 tonnes. The project, at Easter Langlee Waste Disposal site near Galashiels, Scotland, takes away the local authority’s burden of controlling and disposing of methane. The landfill gas scheme is funded ...
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GE’s Distributed Power Teams with Clarke Energy to Help Biffa Modernize U.K. Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plants
GE Power & Water’s Distributed Power business (NYSE: GE) today (May 5, 2014) announced Clarke Energy, GE’s authorized Jenbacher gas engine distributor for the United Kingdom, has been selected to supply U.K. waste management company Biffawith eight of GE’s Jenbacher landfill gas engines as part of a modernization of several landfill gas-to-energy (LFGE) plants across the ...
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Green-e energy certifies Austin energy`s greenchoice program
Center for Resource Solutions announced today that Austin, TX–based Austin Energy's market-leading green-pricing program GreenChoice® is now Green-e® Energy Certified. In December 2009, GreenChoice led the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's "Top Ten Utility Green Power Programs" list for renewable energy sales for the eighth year in a row. GreenChoice is sourced from wind and ...
By 3BL Media
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GE’s Distributed Power Teams with Clarke Energy to Help Biffa Modernize UK Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plants
Biffa to Replace Older Generators with GE’s More Efficient Jenbacher Landfill Gas Engines Clarke Energy to Install GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engines at Several Landfills across United Kingdom New Units Will Produce a Total of 8.5 MW of Renewable Energy, Enough for 20,000 Homes GE Power & Water’s Distributed Power business (NYSE: GE) today announced Clarke Energy, GE’s ...
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Sonelgaz CEO, visits Calvert Landfill Gas Power Plant
As part of a programme meeting organised by the British Embassy in Algiers, a delegation chaired by Noureddine Boutarfa and composed of seven executive members from Sonelgaz was able to visit Calvert landfill gas power plant built by Clarke Energy at the Calvert Landfill in Northamptonshire. The plant is owned and operated by Infinis, a portfolio business of Terra Firma. Sonelgaz ...
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GE Gas Engine Technology to Power China’s Largest Landfill Gas Project
GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that its ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher gas engines will power China’s largest landfill gas (LFG) power generation project. The Laogang LFG project is owned by Laogang Renewable Energy Co., a joint venture formed by Veolia and Shanghai Environment Group, and supports the Chinese government’s 12th Five-Year Plan, ...
By GE Power
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GE Energy’s gas engines generating electricity at one of California’s largest landfill gas-to-energy plants
One of California’s most powerful landfill gas-to-energy projects to open in the last five years has started supplying renewable electricity to the San Francisco Bay region as the state continues implementing new anti-greenhouse gas initiatives. The output of the plant is enough to provide electrical power for 7,500 to 10,000 average U.S. homes and will be sold to existing customers and project ...
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Republic Services and Clean Energy Sign Renewable Biomethane Recovery Agreement at Republic’s Sauk Trail Hills Landfill
Gas Output Is Expected to Equate to 6 Million Diesel Gallon Equivalents Annually PHOENIX - Leading solid waste operator Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) has signed a renewable biomethane recovery agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) to process and sell renewable natural gas recovered from Republic’s Sauk Trail Hills Landfill site in Canton, Michigan. Clean Energy will ...
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Flex OC Renewables, a FlexEnergy Subsidiary, Signs Agreement To Install and Operate Santiago Canyon Methane To Energy Project in Orange County, CA
Project to Use Environmentally Advanced Flex Powerstation™ FP250 Turbines; Provides an Energy Solution by Generating Power from Methane at Closed Landfill SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved, by a 5-0 unanimous vote, a binding agreement with Flex OC Renewables, a subsidiary of FlexEnergy Inc ...
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Schneider Electric to Help Enable Energy Resiliency at USMC Logisitics Base
Schneider Electric recently announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., to support the development of smart controls as part of an energy savings performance contract at the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia. Energy security and resiliency is a priority for military installations tasked with keeping personnel safe through ...
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Energy projects transform trash to green power / landfill gas projects protect health while fueling industry and job creation (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized six landfill methane capture projects and partners for their innovation in generating renewable energy and protecting the climate and people’s health by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. EPA has assisted with more than 490 landfill gas energy projects over the past 16 years, transforming waste into a green community asset. ...
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North Carolina’s renewable energy production initiatives get a boost from GE
North Carolina’s renewable energy production initiatives recently received a boost with the formal opening of a new landfill gas-to-energy plant in Durham, the state’s fourth largest city. Built by the landfill gas project developer Methane Power Inc., the energy plant is powered by three of GE’s (NYSE: GE) containerized and ecomagination-approved, JGC 320 Jenbacher landfill gas engines. GE’s ...
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Ener-Core celebrates ribbon-cutting of its first operational powerstation in Europe
ENER-CORE, INC. (OTCQB: ENCR), whose proprietary Gradual Oxidation technology and equipment generates clean electric power from low quality and waste gases, is pleased to announce that on June 5th the company and Attero, the waste management company in the Netherlands, convened a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the operation of its first installation in the Netherlands. A video of the ...
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Biogas Power - Global Market Size, Feedstock Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Regulations and Key Country Analysis to 2025
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Biogas Power - Global Market Size, Feedstock Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Regulations and Key Country Analysis to 2025 ...
By ReportLinker
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GE Enables Mississippi’s First Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Project to Support Region’s Grid
With Mississippi looking to produce more domestic energy from renewable resources, government officials, utility and GE (NYSE: GE) representatives gathered today at the Golden Triangle Regional Landfill in northeastern Mississippi to mark the commercial start-up of the state’s first landfill gas-to-electricity (LFGTE) project that will support the regional ...
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European Investment Bank funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects across South Africa
The European Investment Bank (EIB) today agreed to provide a EUR 40m loan to FirstRand Bank to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across South Africa. The package marks the first dedicated energy efficiency loan in South Africa made by the EIB. The funding will enhance South Africa’s contribution to combating climate change and facilitate economic development through ...
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Bord na Móna’s Drehid Landfill Gas Power Plant Officially Opened
Following Clarke Energy announcing the award of the contract for Bord na Móna’s Drehidlandfill gas power plant the facility was officially opened on the 7th April 2014. The Irish Minister of Communication, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, was there to formally inaugurate the project at the landfill site. The Irish Drehid landfill facility opened in 2008 to manage up to ...
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Ballard Sells 1-Megawatt Distributed Generation System to Toyota For California Campus Facility
Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) today announced an agreement to deploy a one-megawatt fuel cell generator that will provide peak electrical power and heat at the Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) sales and marketing headquarters campus in Torrance, California. Michael Goldstein, Ballard's Chief Commercial Officer said, "This agreement with Toyota for our CLEARgen(TM) system ...
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E.ON Climate & Renewables signs its first carbon sourcing partnership in China with Dongjiang Environmental
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) and Dongjiang Environmental have entered a partnership on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in China. In this partnership, Dongjiang Environmental will install and operate methane recovery systems on landfill sites, while EC&R will purchase the resulting carbon credits (CER) and offer access to technical expertise in landfill gas capture and ...
By E.ON AG
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The Potential for Biogas in Africa
When thinking about renewable energy it’s common to think of wind power and solar. However there is massive potential in Africa for the utilisation of renewable gas for power generation. Some naturally occurring microbes are able to break down organic material in the absence of oxygen to produce different types of biologically created gas – ‘biogas’ that consists primarily ...
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