The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), has announced that Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, was awarded the SWANA Silver Excellence Award in Landfill Gas Utilization. Jim Bier, senior project developer, accepted the award on behalf of Ameresco. The award was presented at SWANA’s annual national ...
FirmGreen, Inc. (FGI) was recognized today at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) annual conference with a Project of the Year Award for its Green Energy Center (GEC). The high Btu landfill gas utilization project, located near Columbus, Ohio is a public-private partnership with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO). “From the ...
Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) announced today that a detailed engineering and economic evaluation for the use of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as fuel in the generation of power utilizing various conversion technologies and parameters has been initiated for the Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI) after being selected through a formal procurement process. The ...
Some already established companies are proving to be particularly adept change artists, capitalizing on the green and clean tech trends to craft and carry out corporate strategies that transform their organizations from the top-down and from the bottom-up. Many are found in Europe, where new EU laws and regulation are establishing new ground rules for the energy and power industries. Ireland’s ...
The BC Bioenergy Network (“BCBN”), a provincially-funded leader supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia, announced today a $1.5 million loan to Vancouver based Quadrogen Power Systems Inc. (“Quadrogen”) to demonstrate high performance biogas clean-up to ultra-clean levels at the Village Farms International Inc. (Village Farms) greenhouse adjacent to the ...
Today, the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany in Albany, Georgia is one of two federal facilities being recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the ENERGY STAR Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award for their highly-efficient CHP systems, which increase the reliability of their electricity supply while reducing carbon pollution that causes climate change. The MCLB ...
EPA today recognized the accomplishments of numerous landfill methane partners that are generating renewable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At the 11th Annual Landfill Methane Outreach Program Conference & Project Expo in Washington, D.C., EPA gave recognition awards to government and private organizations that are helping the agency deliver energy and environmental benefits ...
The largest Independent landfill gas utilisation company in the UK, adopts MP-5 for its UK and European operations. Producing green electricity from otherwise harmful greenhouse gas fuels is core to the ENER-G Group's renewable energy business. This electricity qualifies internationally for Government incentives, developed to encourage the generation of Renewable Power by issuing "green ...
Increasing demand for alternative energy sources has prompted the use of landfills containing biodegradable materials in production of combustible gases. A mixture of these gases, which is collectively identified as landfill gas, is used as a key source of supplying hydrocarbons in production of heat and other forms of energy. Governments from several parts of the world are adopting measures ...
Clarke Energy will be exhibiting at The Energy Show 2016 6th - 7th April 2016 organised by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. It is located at the RDS in Ballsbridge, Dublin. The show is now in its sixteenth year and is the flagship event for professionals in the sustainable energy sector who come to showcase leading suppliers of energy efficient and renewable energy products and services ...
Hofstetter has received two orders from Spain. The HOFGAS®-Sparky S has the destination Tenerife Island and the HOFGAS®-Ready 600 will be installed in Malaga. The HOFGAS- Sparky compact degassing unit is used for household waste landfills without gas utilisation. The HOFGAS- Ready is a complete extraction and flaring station for safe and economic degassing of landfill sites. The gas is ...
Clarke Energy and the Ecomed Group, were nominated for the Pollutec Maroc award, and went on to winning the award of the “outstanding achievement” with the Fez landfill in Morocco. This achievement highlights the biogas from waste landfill built to utilise the domestic waste discharge in the city. After several years of filling the landfill, Ecomed group decided to utilise this and ...
Freesen & Partner and Steel City Biofuels sign agreement to promote green energy, create international marketplace Alpen, NRW (Germany) / Pittsburgh, PA (USA) – The benefits of biofuels seem clear enough: they can provide a safe, sustainable domestic resource. But what does this mean for the business owner, for municipalities, the farm economy? How can the utilization of oilseed corps, ...
MEDIA ADVISORY GREEN ENERGY PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND IN KERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA NEW PROJECT COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH ENERGY TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF 45,000 HOMES!Friday, January 12th 2007, 12.30 p.m.Veolia ES Greentree Landfill635 Toby Road, Kersey, PennsylvaniaInterview, video and photography opportunities availableWhat: Veolia Environmental Services and Beacon Landfill Gas Holdings LLC are holding a ...
The software of EHS data has for many years been used widely in the waste management industry with a large numbers of waste management companies and regulators using the software for the management of environmental monitoring data. Within this context the user base includes SITA, WRG, Veolia, Grundons, Viridor and Cory (see http://www.ehsdata.com/sectors/waste-management.aspx) for a more complete ...
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 ...
Clarke Energy has signed a contract with Bord na Móna to deliver a landfill gas power plant at the Drehid Landfill site in the Republic of Ireland. This power plant will help to stimulate the economy utilising landfill gas that originates from household waste to produce renewable power and create jobs. Jobs creation: Up to 25 jobs will be supported during the plant’s construction ...
On 29 April 2004, Amec declared design freeze of the new submarine berthing facility to be built at HM Naval Base Clyde (Faslane). The primary purpose of the new submarine berthing facility is to support the future operation of the new Astute Class submarines, although Swiftsure and Trafalgar classes would also be accommodated. Approaching the facility from the shore, bridges will provide access ...
Electr’od demonstrates the principle of circular economy. The system transforms non-recyclable waste from municipalities and commercial operations into renewable energy (electricity and heat) which is then re-used by those same local citizens and companies. Developed by Veolia, in cooperation with Dalkia and Clarke Energy, Electr’od was launched today by Bernard Harambillet, CEO of ...
Slovakia, a landlocked republic in Central Europe with a population of just 5.5 million people, is experiencing some of the best economic growth in Europe. In 2007, the GDP growth was 8.5%. The intention to introduce the Euro currency in January 2009 is a major driving force behind the fiscal policies. Privatization has been practically completed few years ago, with the result that over 96% of ...