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WM expands renewable energy program

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) has announced that it plans to use its expertise as the nation’s largest developer of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) projects to partner with private and municipal landfill owners to develop the country’s untapped landfill gas resources. Waste Management is the first in the waste management industry to launch such a program. Waste Management’s third-party LFGTE ...

Oct. 6, 2008

By Waste Management Inc.

WM expands renewable energy program to develop landfill gas-to-energy project

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) has announced that it plans to use its expertise as the nation’s largest developer of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) projects to partner with private and municipal landfill owners to develop the country’s untapped landfill gas resources. Waste Management is the first in the waste management industry to launch such a program. Waste Management’s third-party LFGTE ...

Oct. 16, 2008

By Waste Management Inc.

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 ...

Dec. 17, 2009

By General Electric

Waste Management Expands Des Moines Metro Park East Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant

Waste Management of Des Moines announced an expansion to the Des Moines Metro Methane Recovery Facility at the Metro Park East landfill in Polk County. The plant is a result of a private-public partnership between Waste Management and Metro Waste Authority. Waste Management is a leading developer, operator and owner of more than 100 landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. When ...

Jul. 5, 2013

By Waste Management Inc.

Most states have Renewable Portfolio Standards

While there is no National-level renewable portfolio standard, 30 States and the District of Columbia had enforceable renewable portfolio standards (RPS) or other mandated renewable capacity policies, as of January 2012. Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) are policies designed to increase electricity generation from renewable resources, including wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass. In ...

Feb. 3, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

Renewable energy guide for local governments in British Columbia

The Community Energy Association of British Columbia has released a new module of its Renewable Energy Guide for Local Governments in British Columbia that focuses on Utilities and Financing. Utilities and Financing has been written for local government elected officials and staff interested in developing renewable energy projects and utilities in their communities. Local governments around the ...

Feb. 20, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Veolia Environnement Begins Operations at its Wisconsin Hickory Meadows Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

Veolia Environnement North America (VENA) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to mark the commencement of operations for its new landfill gas-to-energy project (LFGTE) at the Veolia ES Hickory Meadows Landfill, located in eastern Wisconsin. State, community and business leaders gathered at the project site to recognize the environmental and economic benefits of ...

Aug. 16, 2011

By Veolia

WM expands renewable energy program

WM expands renewable energy program to develop landfill gas-to-energy project

North Carolina’s renewable energy production initiatives get a boost from GE

Waste Management Expands Des Moines Metro Park East Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant

Most states have Renewable Portfolio Standards

Renewable energy guide for local governments in British Columbia

Veolia Environnement Begins Operations at its Wisconsin Hickory Meadows Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

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