waste management
21 May 2012
A California-based recycling and reuse specialist has raise more than $5m towards a $12m financing round, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US show.
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14 May 2012
US company Waste Management has commenced work on a 4.8MW waste-to-energy plant in New Springfield, Ohio.
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10 May 2012
Mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity in the UK and Continental European waste sector, including energy efficiency, reached record levels in 2011.
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8 May 2012
Interest in waste-to-energy is on the rise in the US, but without a comprehensive national policy, the country’s market has yet to develop in any meaningful way, according to an expert.
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3 May 2012
The Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group and its consortium partner KBR have been awarded a $668m waste-to-energy contract in the US.
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2 May 2012
Cleantech investor Ludgate Environmental Fund (LEF) has made three new investments in biomass, anaerobic digestion and waste heat recovery, and said it expects significant growth potential.
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1 May 2012
UK waste-to-energy company Advanced Plasma Power has entered into an exclusive licence agreement with Plasma Green Energy, for the global construction and operation of industrial waste processing plants.
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27 April 2012
Waste-to-Energy Canada is looking to supply systems to NHS hospitals that cleanly destroy medical waste onsite, vice president of development Andy Harris told NewNet.
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27 April 2012
US electronics giant General Electric has been contracted by KDM Energia to supply gas engines for an 8.4MW expansion of a landfill gas-to-energy project in Chile.
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26 April 2012
Government money has been provided to two fund managers in the UK to support companies involved in the waste management sector.
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17 April 2012
Waste Management has opened northern Nevada’s first landfill gas-to-energy power plant at its Lockwood Landfill.
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16 April 2012
Pragati India Fund, a vehicle set up to invest in some of the poorest parts of India, has sealed its first investment after buying a $5m stake in Indore-based Jash Engineering, a maker of engineering products for the water and waste water infrastructure industry.
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12 April 2012
Waste2Tricity has acquired the exclusive rights to deploy hydrogen fuel cells produced by AFC Energy, in the UK energy-from-waste sector.
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11 April 2012
The historical advantage that the Belgian region of Flanders has built up is now driving its cleantech activity, one of the region’s most active participants told NewNet.
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4 April 2012
A UK-based public-private partnership is looking for partners for a new £13m waste-to-energy project.
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2 April 2012
European waste management business Shanks Group’s joint venture with SSE and 3SE has signed a 25-year contract with UK councils worth in excess of £750m.
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29 March 2012
Environmental investor Ambienta SGR has launched a Germany hub and appointed Rudolf Ohnesorge as investment partner as it aims to gain exposure to investment opportunities in Central and Northern Europe.
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28 March 2012
Danish industrial group Landia has supplied pumps to an anaerobic digestion biogas plant operated by UK civil engineering group Burdens in Llangadog in Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
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21 March 2012
A change in the way waste management plants are planned could result in swifter application processes and enhanced local community benefits, according to one expert.
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15 March 2012
UK waste management company Shanks has submitted a planning application to Torfane County Borough Council in Wales for the development of an anaerobic digestion plant in Pontypool.
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