wastewater to energy News
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EnviroChemie is Awarded a Contract to Build a Plant for Generating Biogas From Whey and Sludge
A large dairy operation in the southern hemisphere has commissioned EnviroChemie to build a multi-stage biological plant for converting severely contaminated wastewater and sludge into biogas. The award was preceded by detailed consultations with EnviroChemie, while engineers from the German plant construction experts conducted a survey to determine the parameters governing the design of the ...
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U.S. EPA Supports Sustainable Water Management and Clean Energy Innovation at Calif. Brewery
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest Jared Blumenfeld participated today in a ribbon-cutting event at the Bear Republic Brewery in Cloverdale, Calif. showcasing EcoVolt, the world’s first bioelectrically enhanced wastewater to energy system. The system uses electrically active microbes to treat wastewater while simultaneously ...
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WETEX 2019 in the UAE
The United Arab Emirates is investing huge amounts of money in securing its future water and energy supply. For overseas companies in these sectors, the trade fair WETEX is the platform of choice for showcasing their innovations and technologies relating to water, wastewater, energy and the environment. It is taking place at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center from October ...
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City of Phoenix and Ameresco Host Groundbreaking Event at the 91st Ave Wastewater Treatment Plant Biogas Project
Ameresco, Inc., a leading renewable energy and energy efficiency company, and the City of Phoenix today hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking event for the start of a multi-million dollar wastewater treatment biogas utilization project at the 91st Ave Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Once operational, it is expected to be the largest wastewater treatment biogas-to-renewable natural gas facility of ...
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GE’s New LEAPprimary Technology reduces the energy consumption
Characteristics of GE´s new LEAPrimary technology: High Removal of Total Suspended Solids (50-70 Percent) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (25-40 Percent) Reduces Energy for Biological Treatment by 25 Percent and Enables Energy Recovery Replaces Conventional Clarifier/Fine Screen Technology and Fits in as Little as One-Tenth the Space Helps Extend ZeeWeed* Membrane Life GE (NYSE: ...
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2009 Clarke Prize Lecture highlights technologies to obtain renewable energy from wastewater
Promising new technologies to generate clean, renewable forms of energy, such as electricity and hydrogen, during the treatment of wastewater were highlighted at the Sixteenth Annual NWRI Clarke Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony, held by the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) of Fountain Valley, California, on Thursday, July 9, 2009, in Newport Beach, California.The Clarke Prize Lecture was ...
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Ameresco and Philadelphia Water Department Announce Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant Biogas Project
Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, and the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) today announced an agreement to design, build and maintain an innovative wastewater biogas-to-energy facility. The Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant (NEWPCP) Biogas Project will generate electricity and thermal energy for ...
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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Developed Technology That Can Convert Human Waste Into Sustainable Biofuel
December 2, 2016 -- Last night's dinner could be tomorrow's liquid fuel. Yes, the technology to turn ordinary human waste into biocrude oil is here, thanks to developments at the Department of Energy'sPacific Northwest National Laboratory. The technology -- called hydrothermal liquefaction -- mimics the geological conditions the Earth uses to create crude oil by using high pressure and ...
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Water Environment Research Foundation seeks proposals for energy production and efficiency research
The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) seeks proposals to conduct studies to support the planning of future research to expand energy production by, and implement energy efficiency improvements at, wastewater facilities. The overarching goal of WERF’s Energy program is to develop information that will support net energy neutrality at all wastewater facilities that treat flows of ...
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EPA Highlights EnviroMix LLC in Technical Document to Help Municipalities Reduce Energy Consumption
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released a technical document identifying specific technologies focused on providing energy efficient solutions for wastewater treatment facilities. The publication, Evaluation of Energy Conservation Measures for Wastewater Treatment Facilities, was developed by the EPA to encourage the adoption of energy efficient ...
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United Utilities, Davyhulme WWTW, CHP Plant
At the Davyhulme wastewater treatment works (WWTW) in Greater Manchester, United Utilities is generating renewable energy from sewage gas that is created from sludge left behind after the treatment of wastewater. The produced energy is used to power the local plant and provide high levels of efficiency through embedded generation. United Utilities spent £100 million on the programme that ...
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Advances in Wastewater Treatment Spur Growth of Renewable Energy Market
The Chambers Creek Regional Wastewater Facility in Pierce County, Wash. represents an emerging trend in the renewable energy market: transforming waste into energy. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are increasingly recognized as community resources for electricity, fertilizer, and heat, as waste to energy projects become commonplace in a sustainable economy. A national leader in renewable ...
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Energy Technology Ventures, a GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips Joint Venture, Invests in Israeli Wastewater-to-Electricity Company Emefcy
Energy Technology Ventures - a GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips joint venture - is making its first non-US and first water-related investment by providing capital to Emefcy Ltd, an Israeli company that can turn wastewater treatment from a huge energy drain to an electricity generator. Emefcy's technology uses naturally occurring bacteria in an electrogenic bioreactor to treat ...
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Town of medicine Bow (Wyo.) recognized for wind turbines at water facilities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today presented awards to the Town of Medicine Bow, Wyo., for the innovative use of green energy in its water and wastewater treatment operations. Diane Sanelli, director of EPA’s state revolving fund program in Denver, presented Mayor Kevin Colman a Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) award and a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) ...
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Waste – From Liability to Asset
No one wants it but it keeps piling up. Waste is almost a regenerative resources, but not one that is usually seen in a favourable light. A new international conference in London now casts the spotlight on how the burden of waste can become a stream of income. The 'Energy from Biomass and Waste' (EBW UK) conference and exhibition is held at the Royal Horticultural Halls on January 26 to 27. The ...
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Microsite promotes San Francisco office expansion
Black & Veatch is growing rapidly in the San Francisco Bay Area. To accommodate its increasing number of projects and consulting assignments, the company will expand its offices there with a new location in downtown San Francisco. Black & Veatch is spreading the word about the expansion through a new microsite, BV Bay Buzz. The live Web page provides background information on the office ...
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DMT Environmental Technology acquires activities of Sustec Consulting & Contracting
DMT Environmental Technology, a global player in the field of biogas upgrading and desulphurisation plants, acquires Sustec in Wageningen from GMB and adds the innovative TurboTec® and NutriTec® technologies to its already wide portfolio of sustainable technologies. GMB facilitated as shareholder the development of the Sustec technologies. After realizing the first projects in the ...
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GE supplying gas engines for Israeli wastewater treatment plant biogas energy project
Madei Taas Ltd., Elco Contracting and Services (1973) Ltd. Submit Winning Project Bid with GE Gas Engines GE to Provide Eight Jenbacher J420 Biogas Units for Shafdan Wastewater Treatment Plant Cogeneration Plant to Provide 11.2 MW of Renewable Onsite Heat and Power for Facility GE (NYSE: GE) is supplying eight of its 1.4 megawatt (MW) ecomagination qualified Jenbacher J420 biogas engines ...
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WELTEC BIOPOWER Presents Solutions for the Generation of Energy from Waste and Wastewater
WELTEC BIOPOWER will present its mature procedures for the efficient utilisation of waste and wastewater for the generation of energy at this year‘s IFAT from 30 May to 3 June in Munich, Germany. At this industry platform for environment technologies (Hall B3, Stand 205), the German biogas plant manufacturer will show visitors its tried-and-test process technology for the installation and ...
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U.S. EPA launches first waste to biogas mapping tool
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region has launched an online “waste to biogas mapping tool” to support the use of organic waste for energy projects. “This innovative mapping tool, the first of its kind in the nation, helps restaurants, hotels and other food waste generators to connect with large energy producers,” said Jared Blumenfeld, ...
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