Waste-to-Energy News

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 projects to receive approximately $17 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects for carbon utilization. The projects will develop and test technologies that can utilize carbon dioxide (CO2) from power systems or other industrial sources as the primary feedstock. The research goal of ...

Jun. 17, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Environmental issues, urbanization and IoT are challenging the cement and lime business around the globe. With the right waste processing equipment, alternative fuels can replace fossil fuels without compromising quality or cost-efficiency. TANA participated in the 13th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition held in Amsterdam, Netherlands on February 20th – 21st. The event brought ...

Nov. 18, 2019

By Tana Oy

PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX-V: PYR) (OTCQB: PYRNF) (FRA: 8PY), a high-tech company, (the "Company", the “Corporation” or "PyroGenesis") that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma atomized metal powder, plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch products, announced today that, further to previous press releases with respect to the ...

Sep. 18, 2019

By PyroGenesis Canada Inc.

Both society and industry generate a great deal of waste. The management of all that waste is a problem for companies and institutions. Many of those wastes, especially those of municipal origin, often end up in garbage dumps. However, there are other more recommendable and sustainable management methods such as recycling, reuse or energy transformation. The European Union sets objectives and ...

Jul. 26, 2019

By TECAM

Tempress has received a purchase order from a large solar cell manufacturer for PECVD silicon nitride furnaces. The Tempress PECVD system combines best in class uniformity deposition at highest system throughput for direct plasma deposition systems. This results in the lowest cost of ownership for our customers, according to Jeroen van Hapert, Business Director at Tempress. The Tempress’ ...

Jul. 25, 2019

By Tempress Systems

Waste gasification is a type of waste to energy process where waste material is used as a fuel to create heat, electricity or other chemical products. Specifically, in waste gasification, the waste material is decomposed in such a way to produce gaseous products, often known as syngas, a combination of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and some carbon dioxide.1 Conventional incineration uses heat and ...

Feb. 27, 2019

By Edinburgh Sensors Ltd - a division of Edinburgh Instruments

Effective February 1, 2019, TecPro-Metall GmbH from Neuss belongs to the Neuenhauser group of companies. The TecPro-Metall GmbH, like all companies within the Neuenhauser group of companies, remains as an independent company. The range of services offered by TecPro-Metall ranges from material procurement to machining, metal forming, 3D tube laser technology, end processing, perforation and ...

Jan. 2, 2019

By Neuenhauser Maschinenbau GmbH

Syngas production from waste gasification is one way to produce renewable energy. However, varying waste compositions can make gasification challenging to control, resulting in inconsistent syngas compositions. Closely monitoring gas composition and adjusting process conditions during gasification can ensure consistent, high-quality syngas production. Infrared sensors are the ideal solution for ...

Nov. 1, 2018

By Edinburgh Sensors Ltd - a division of Edinburgh Instruments

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently (8/2) announced $36.4 million in funding for 37 research awards at universities, national laboratories, and private industry on a range of topics in fusion energy sciences. The research is designed to help lay the groundwork for the development of nuclear fusion as a future practical energy source. The research focuses on high priority challenges in ...

Aug. 7, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Recently (7/16), the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it will award 95 grants totaling $95 million to 80 small businesses in 26 states. Funded through DOE's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, today's selections are for Phase II research and development. Small businesses that demonstrated technical feasibility for innovations ...

Jul. 17, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Advanced Plasma Power (APP) has been selected by leading renewable fuels company Velocys, as the preferred gasification technology provider to support its project to produce sustainable aviation fuel from waste. The project, which has recently secured £4.9m of funding, is being developed with the support of industry partners and the Department for Transport. APP’s Gasplasma® ...

Jun. 20, 2018

By Advanced Plasma Power Limited (APP)

Advanced Plasma Power (APP) has been selected by leading renewable fuels company Velocys, as the preferred gasification technology provider to support its project to produce sustainable aviation fuel from waste. The project, which has recently secured £4.9m of funding, is being developed with the support of industry partners and the Department for Transport. APP’s Gasplasma® ...

Jun. 20, 2018

By Advanced Plasma Power Limited (APP)

Green gas consortium wins 2017 Energy Institute (EI) Award Consortium partners win Energy Institute (EI) Technology Award for ground-breaking BioSNG Demonstration Plant in Swindon Plant successfully trialled game-changing technology to make gas from household waste Construction of world’s first commercially operating plant under way with potential for more in the pipeline A ...

Nov. 10, 2017

By Advanced Plasma Power Limited (APP)

Cadent (formerly National Grid Gas Distribution) has hailed the success of the green gas trials in their latest press release. The green gas trials use Tetronics plasma arc technology at the heart of the process to generate clean renewable energy from waste. Read more detail about the project in the Cadent press release below: New gas distribution company Cadent has been supporting the trial in ...

Jul. 13, 2017

By Tetronics (International) Limited

Leading UK advanced gasification technology pioneer, Advanced Plasma Power (APP), is today delighted to announce the appointment to the Board of Sir John Parker as Chairman with effect from 3rd May 2017. This news comes hot on the heels of the appointment to the Board of David Parkin, Director of Network Strategy for Cadent (formerly National Grid Gas Distribution) and signals a real intent on ...

May 8, 2017

By Advanced Plasma Power Limited (APP)

Rolf Stein (CEO of Advanced Plasma Power) will be speaking at the World Waste to Energy and Resourse Summit 2017. The event takes place in London on the 23-24 of May 2017. The World Waste to Energy and Resources Summit brings together its best ever faculty of international waste management CEOs, developers, bankers, private equity financiers, technology providers and industrial end users for two ...

May 3, 2017

By Advanced Plasma Power Limited (APP)

Materials Recycling World has featured APP’s technology in their latest issue. Corin Williams discusses how fuel from waste can play a strategic role in the UK’s ambition to decarbonise the transport sector and how it could potentially create a lucrative market for waste companies. Would you be kindly to send us more video explaining the plasma gas system that you have doing in UK at ...

Apr. 5, 2017

By Advanced Plasma Power Limited (APP)

The Commission’s long anticipated communication on waste-to-energy, is intended to ensure that the ‘recovery of energy from waste in the EU supports the objectives of the circular economy action plan’ and is guided by the waste hierarchy. The PHE project is looking at the health impacts of municipal waste incinerator emissions. It comes as the Commission also announced a joint ...

Feb. 10, 2017

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

Proven technology has the potential to meet one third of the UK’s domestic heat requirements. Construction has begun on a new green energy plant that will be the world’s first commercially viable facility to convert household waste to a green gas called bio-substitute natural gas (BioSNG) – which emits 80% less carbon dioxide than the diesel used widely in the UK. The ...

Jan. 17, 2017

By Advanced Plasma Power Limited (APP)

American Science and Technology (AST), a sustainable technology company, has teamed up with TERMA Group, a team of Waste and Environmental Technology researchers at the University of Malaga, in Spain, to continue efforts on the development of new lignin-based products. Led by professors Tomás Cordero Alcántara and José Rodríguez Mirasol, TERMA Group has been working ...

Dec. 12, 2016

By American Science and Technology