Posts Tagged ‘waste energy’

4 May 2011

Cyclone secures patent for waste energy technology

Cyclone Power Technologies has secured a patent for its waste energy recycling energy from the US Patent and Trademark Office.

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6 December 2010

Waste heat-to-energy company Tri-O-Gen wins orders in Italy

Waste management provider Tri-O-Gen has signed a deal to supply 15 units of its organic rankine cycle technology in Italy.

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2 December 2010

Covanta raises $400m in note offering

Covanta has raised $400m through a public offering of 7.25 per cent senior notes due to mature in 2020.

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13 September 2010

Swedish utility Gothenburg Energy to construct biogas plant with BioWaz

BioWaz has signed a SEK5.4m (€590,000) contract with Gothenburg Energy for the supply of equipment and consultation for a biogas plant at a research farm outside Gothenburg in Sweden.

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18 June 2010

Energy-from-waste could power nearly a tenth of Scotland’s needs

Electricity-from-waste could meet eight per cent of Scotland’s existing electricity demand, according to a new report published by the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) Scotland.

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11 February 2010

Waste energy company CleanTech Biofuels announces new addition to board

CleanTech Biofuels, an early-stage provider of technology to convert municipal solid waste into sustainable biomass for renewable energy, has appointed Jose Bared Sr to its board of directors.

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25 January 2010

Waste Management joins veteran investors in Harvest Energy investment

NYSE-listed refuse and waste-energy manufacturer Waste Management is to invest in US waste energy company Harvest Power, with the intention to develop next generation organics recycling facilities across North America and Canada. Waste Management, will join the original veteran investor partners Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Munich Venture Partners who have also increased their level of investment in conjunction with Waste Management.

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22 January 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies supports waste energy recovery system tax credits

Cyclone Power Technologies has announced its support of House Bill 4144, which would expand the investment tax credit for waste energy recovery systems like those currently being developed by the company.

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17 December 2009

Methane Power’s landfill gas plant to provide power to Duke Energy’s grid

A new landfill gas-to-energy plant has been opened in Durham, North Carolina that will provide power to Duke Energy's grid.

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3 December 2009

Marina and DCO Energy sign 20 year landfill gas power purchase agreement

US renewables firms Marina Energy and DCO Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Nevada energy utility NV Energy for power generated at an 11MW landfill gas-powered project to be located at the Apex Regional Landfill, north of Las Vegas. The site will use gas extracted from a series of wells at the landfill, which will be used in a turbine generator to make renewable electricity.

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1 December 2009

EcoEnergy Scandinavia to build China waste energy facility

Swedish EcoEnergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Changzhou Xinbei District Government and Jiangsu Guoyu Electric Co regarding to build local waste-to-energy facilities in the Changzhou Xinbei district.

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28 September 2009

British landfill gas company ENER-G lands third Lithuanian contract

British landfill gas generation company ENER-G has been contracted to construct a third landfill waste disposal facility in Lithuania to convert landfill gases into electricity.

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26 August 2009

NewNet Industry Profile: Duncan Grierson, Sterecyclep

Duncan Grierson discusses the challenges in gaining venture funding for a cleantech start-up, the growth of opportunities in the waste and recycling space across Europe and the need for governments to provide drivers to encourage investment in emerging environmental technologies. 'It is extremely important for governments to put in place these broad economic drivers. But it would be a mistake for governments to make technology choices. Once the financial drivers and mechanisms are in place, then governments should leave the market to decide which are technically and commercially the best technologies to build out.'

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25 August 2009

Covanta Holding Corporation completes first phase of Veolia energy-from-waste acquisition

Covanta Holding Corporation, a developer of energy-from-waste (EfW), has completed the first stage in the previously announced acquisition of Veolia's North American EfW business.

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18 August 2009

Sancon Resources Recovery pleased with second quarter financial results

Sancon Resources Recovery, an environmental services and waste recycling company with operations in both China and Australia, generated strong 2009 second quarter revenue.

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13 August 2009

NewNet Investor Profile: Gijsbert Nollen, Prime Energy Investmentsp

Gijsbert Nollen discusses the opportunities for clean energy investments in Southeast Asia, why he is turned off by biofuels, and what the future holds for the region. 'If the past two years is any precedent more and more Asian domestic companies will be established developing and refining their technologies in the bioenergy sector and ramping up development. The real success stories will be centered around locally adapted and developed technologies and research and local business entrepreneurs.'

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12 August 2009

Alpine Energy Group chosen to provide alternative energy for US Virgin Islands

Denver, US-based Alpine Energy Group has signed two 20-year power purchase agreements with Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) to build, own and operate two alternative energy facilities to serve the residents of St. Thomas/St. John's and St. Croix.

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10 August 2009

British waste management company New Earth Group to raise £15m to accelerate growth

British waste treatment and renewable energy company New Earth Group is to raise a minimum of £15m in equity in exchange for a minority stake. Incoming funds will be used to accelerate the growth of the established waste treatment business and to develop power plants that recover renewable energy from waste, the company said.

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5 August 2009

Neal Isaacson joins venture-backed clean energy company Ze-gen as CFO

Ze-gen, Inc., a clean energy company providing advanced gasification technology to convert waste streams into synthesis gas, has hired Neal Isaacson as chief financial officer, replacing George McMillan who has filled this position on a transitional basis since January 2009.

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31 July 2009

Energos and Biogen Power build £75m UK waste-to-energy facility

UK-based energy from waste business Energos has received its sixth UK planning consent at Kirk Sandall, Doncaster, for its thermal conversion process.

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