Posts Tagged ‘waste’

20 January 2009

Global Energy set to push ahead with its goals

Following his appointment as CEO of waste technology company Global Energy, Asi Shalgi said he was looking forward to pushing ahead with the company's goals.

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20 January 2009

Sancon branches out into biofuel production

Sancon Resources Recovery, a waste recycling company with operations in China and Australia, is sponsoring the development of a biofuel production technique that uses supplies of carbon dioxide.

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17 December 2008

Clean Energy Fuels Corporation wins New Jersey natural gas fueling contract

Clean Energy Fuels Corporation has been successful in achieving a five year contract for compressed natural gas fueling services by Central Jersey Waste and Recycling, based in New Jersey, US.

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11 December 2008

Ridgewood Renewable Power to develop 41 MW landfill gas facility

Independent power company Ridgewood Renewable Power is to finance, construct and operate a 41 MW landfill gas plant at Johnston, Rhode Island.

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11 December 2008

Climate Change Capital’s Ventus Funds help Belfast generate electricity from landfill site

A scheme that will enable Belfast's major landfill site to produce electricity by next summer is being funded by the Ventus Funds, managed by Climate Change Capital.

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5 December 2008

DEFRA awards £138m private finance initiative credits to boost waste management

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has awarded £138m worth of private finance initiative credits to local waste management facilities in Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire, UK, to reduce the negative environmental impact.

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27 November 2008

Two new hires make HgCapital’s renewables team one of the biggest in Europe

European mid-market private equity and renewable energy infrastructure investor HgCapital has added another two professionals to its renewable energy team, which now comprises seven specialists. The new associates are Luigi Pettinicchio and Luis Quiroga.

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19 November 2008

Waste energy company ReGen Power receives venture funding

Waste energy company ReGen Power Systems has closed a $5m investment from venture capital firms 21Ventures and the Quercus Trust.

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18 November 2008

Norwest Mezzanine Partners invests $23.7m in Southern Waste Services

Norwest Mezzanine Partner has invested $23.7m in subordinated debt and equity in Southern Waste Services.

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13 November 2008

Covanta acquires two biomass energy plants for $52m

Renewable and waste energy developer Covanta Holding Corporation is to acquire two biomass energy facilities from co-owners Ridgewood Maine and Indeck Energy Services for approximately $52m.

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12 November 2008

Flipswap raises $14m in venture financing

Electronics recycling company Flipswap has raised $14m in Series B financing round, led by venture capital firmd RRE Ventures and clean energy investor NGEN.

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6 November 2008

Missouri adopts clean energy initiative

The US state of Missouri has adopted a clean energy initiative stating that the state's three large investor-owned utilities must source 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2021. With Missouri's adoption of these new standards, more than half the states in America have adopted renewable portfolio standards.

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28 October 2008

Goldman Sachs partners with climate change offset portfolio Blue Source

Goldman Sachs and climate change offset company Blue Source have announced a strategic alliance, with Goldman Sachs acquiring an equity stake in the company. Blue Source is a portfolio company of energy-focused private equity firm First Reserve Corporation.

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27 October 2008

Lakeside Energy to provide up to $150m to waste conversion project

Energy investment company Lakeside Energy and waste-to-fuel company InEnTec have partnered to facilitate the construction of facilities that convert hazardous waste and chemical residuals into useful chemical products. Under the terms of the agreement, Lakeside Energy will provide all project equity and working capital requirements for newly formed company, InEnTec Chemical.

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