waste management
22 February 2012
There is a huge market opportunity in utilising industrial waste for energy storage and production, according to one UK start-up looking to enter into this space.
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22 February 2012
The UK’s National Grid alongside Advanced Plasma Power and Progressive Energy have launched a project to transform waste into a substitute natural gas.
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22 February 2012
US energy efficiency and renewables specialist Ameresco has partnered with the Philadelphia Water Department to develop a wastewater biogas-to-energy facility.
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22 February 2012
Tamar Energy has today launched as a UK waste-to-energy company with a £65m-strong backing from high-profile investors, highlighting the growing interest in the sector.
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22 February 2012
German electronics giant Siemens has been contracted to supply a stream turbine generator to be used in a waste-to-energy plant in Plymouth, South West England.
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20 February 2012
US industry body the Agriculture Energy Coalition has welcomed the recent hearing from the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on the 2012 Farm Bill, which could potentially help promote renewable energy in rural America.
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15 February 2012
A green chemicals company revealed to NewNet that it may look to carry out a listing on London’s AIM market to attract institutional investors.
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15 February 2012
A prominent private equity investor believes the sentiment for cleantech investing has been driven down by a number of macro factors, but conversely this can create opportunity for savvy financiers.
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15 February 2012
UK waste-to-energy company Biogen has secured finance worth £750,000 from environmental investment specialist Iona Capital, for the expansion of a plant in Northamptonshire, central England.
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14 February 2012
Canada’s clean technology sector received $245m of venture capital investment in 2011, up 43 per cent, from the previous year, new figures show.
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10 February 2012
US chocolate producer Hershey is now operating three manufacturing plants in Pennsylvania with zero waste-to-landfill.
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7 February 2012
The government of Quebec in Canada is set to give a C$27m ($27m) boost to the province’s first waste-to-energy facility being developed by a joint venture between Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol.
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6 February 2012
The BC Bioenergy Network, a provincially-funded organisation supporting bioenergy development in British Columbia, Canada, has awarded C$1.5m to Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre to establish a waste-to-energy demonstration system.
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2 February 2012
UK waste-to-energy specialist Bio Group has formed an agreement with Skinner’s Pet Food that will see half a tonne of food waste each week converted into biomethane.
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1 February 2012
UK plastic recycling specialist WRAP has provided a £1.15m loan to ECO Plastics for the expansion of a facility in Lincolnshire, North East England.
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30 January 2012
The renewable energy subsidiary of US infrastructure company Primoris Services has been contracted to participate in the build of two waste-to-energy facilities in Puerto Rico, in a deal worth $40m.
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26 January 2012
Malaysian manufacturing company KNM Group Berhad has signed an agreement with UK property manager Poplar Holdings to purchase land in Peterborough where a waste-to-energy project is set to be constructed.
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24 January 2012
An Ireland-based renewable energy investor told NewNet it is openly reviewing options for its portfolio businesses including its waste management un
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18 January 2012
A US utility has launched a request for proposals as it seeks to acquire a variation of renewable energy certificates to meet binding standards.
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16 January 2012
Technologies converting waste into fuel are becoming increasingly valuable as companies throughout the world push towards greater efficiency.
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