methane landfill News
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Green Gas wins landfill methane contract from US Environmental Protection Agency
Green Gas Americas, in conjunction with Tetra Tech, has won a contract worth a total maximum value of USD 19.7 million to support the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Landfill Methane Outreach Programme (LMOP). The programme is intended to help operators and developers around the world to reduce methane emissions from landfills, by encouraging the recovery and beneficial use ...
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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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Winning projects fight climate change by harnessing valuable energy from landfill gas
Seven innovative landfill methane capture projects were recognized by EPA for generating renewable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Announced at the 12th Annual Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Annual Conference, the seven winners included a project that converts landfill gas to fuel for county vehicles, and one of the largest multiple-customer landfill gas use projects in ...
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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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Turning landfills into community assets and cutting greenhouse gases
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 ...
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Methane to markets soars: US$4.5m provides a global clean energy boost
Capturing methane from landfills and other sources is paving the way to a clean, green energy source and reducing greenhouse gases in the fight against climate change. Through the Methane to Markets Partnership (M2M), EPA is funding 20 projects that will help 12 countries increase their capture and use of methane from the landfill, coal, agriculture, and oil and natural gas sectors. These ...
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Methane generated from Sioux Falls regional landfill to provide energy for ethanol plant
An agreement between POET and the City of Sioux Falls will allow methane generated from the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill to provide energy for an ethanol production facility near Chancellor. Replacing a portion of the natural gas at POET Biorefining-Chancellor’s with methane from the landfill will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs for the ethanol plant while generating ...
By Poet, LLC
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More than $3 million in EPA funding stimulates clean energy production and greenhouse gas reductions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supporting the international Methane to Markets Partnership (M2M) by funding 21 new projects that will help 11 countries capture and use methane emissions from landfill, coal, agriculture, oil and natural gas operations. Methane, the primary component of natural gas, traps over 20 times more heat than carbon dioxide, making it a significant ...
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FirmGreen Launches Research & Development Lab in U.S.
FirmGreen announces the launch of FirmGreen Labs, its Green Energy Research & Development facility in Kokomo, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis — host city to Super Bowl XLVI. Kokomo, known as the ‘City of Firsts’ because of the large number of patents awarded its citizens over the last 100+ years, continues that history of innovation as home to FirmGreen’s first ...
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Electricity Market Reform must encourage low carbon investment
Reacting to the Government’s energy white paper and 2020 renewables roadmap, published today [12 July], ADBA Chairman and Lib Dem peer Lord Redesdale said: “We welcome the publication of the Government’s Electricity Market Reform proposals. “It is vital for the UK to meet its climate change goals, and there is a lot of work for Government and industry still to do to ...
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Key to Clean Energy is Government’s own commitments – Redesdale
As the UK Government hosts the Clean Energy Ministerial Event in London, ‘Environmental Parliamentarian of the Year’ Lord Redesdale has said that the UK can become a world leader in renewable energy – but only if the Government does more to deliver its own commitments. Lord Redesdale, a Liberal Democrat peer, was recognised for his commitment to the environment and clean energy ...
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DECC’s positive case for renewables welcome - redesdale
'Environmental Parliamentarian of the Year' Lord Redesdale today [18 May] welcomed the Government's acknowledgement of the vital role that renewable technologies have to play in keeping household energy bills under control. Speaking following the publication of an Oxford Economics report which demonstrates that Britain's sensitivity to energy price shocks could be minimised through renewables ...
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FirmGreen gets project of the year recognition from US EPA
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 ...
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Cortec® Corporation Launches Biobased Film Products for Marine and Anaerobic Digestion Markets
Cortec® Corporation, a leading bioplastics producer located in Minnesota, USA, is pleased to announce the launch and commercial availability of EcoOcean™. This new bioplastic offers a unique combination of environmental and performance benefits previously unattainable—flexibility and strength; commercial and low-temperature backyard ...
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ADBA delivers action plan documents
The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) has published two key documents which were promised in the AD Strategy and Action Plan to support the industry. They are available on the association’s website. The Due Diligence template, developed in association with WRAP, offers a simple way for developers to check they have provided all the information which investors need to carry ...
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RHI timetable holds back coalition promises
DECC’s timetable of milestones for the Renewable Heat Incentive will hamper delivery of the Government’s promises, Lord Redesdale, Liberal Democrat peer and chair of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association has said today [28 March]. The timetable, announced earlier this week, says that the Government will consult on extending support to new technologies in the non-domestic ...
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Defra announce Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund at UK AD & Biogas 2011
Defra Minister Lord Henley has announced a £10m Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund (ADLF) for new AD plants in his speech to the conference at UK AD & Biogas 2011. The ADLF, which will be administered by the Waste Resources Action Programme, will lend amounts ranging from £50,000 - £1m to support the development of new AD capacity in England, in conjunction with investment from ...
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OFT recommendations will help anaerobic digestion
ADBA Chairman and Lib Dem peer Lord Redesdale has welcomed the publication today [Thursday] of the OFT’s Market Study into Organic Waste. The Market Study was prompted by the water regulator Ofwat, to explore what barriers exist to competition in the treatment of sewage sludge, and the involvement of Water and Sewage Companies in the treatment of other organic waste. ADBA has been ...
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Green biofuel from waste to reduce UK transport carbon emissions
A group of British businesses is to pioneer the development of a process to turn municipal and wood waste into transport biofuel which could potentially achieve a carbon saving of 95%. The consortium, led by Axion Energy, has been put together by The Carbon Trust and will work on an enhancement of the pyrolysis process which will turn waste biomass into a cheaper alternative to existing ...
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Consumers Energy Commits to Net Zero Carbon Emissions
Consumers Energy recently (2/24) announced a goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040, the next step in an industry-leading Clean Energy Plan that protects the planet for future generations. "Consumers Energy is proud to take a stand for Michigan and for the planet. We are committed to take actions that eliminate our carbon footprint and do our part to combat climate change," said Patti ...
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