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A listing of news items pertaining to Waste to Energy.

This separate listing page was commenced Feb. 3, 2010.

2010

Recycling / Plastic > Plant-Based >
IBM Creates Plant-Based, Highly Recyclable Plastics - IBM researchers announced yesterday that they discovered a method of creating highly recyclable plastics from one of the most eco-friendly materials around – plants. Not only are the material’s components greener than traditional petroleum-based products, the production process uses significantly less energy. (Inhabitat; March 10, 2010)

Waste to Energy > Food >
American Food Groups turning to waste to energy - A contingent of American Foods Group is undertaking a multi-million dollar project that will make use of food processing waste in several different ways. From start to finish, they will be able to feed their new machine with about 100 tons of waste that will take about three weeks to run though the process to create a variety of products. (Alt Energy News; Feb. 25, 2010)

Featured: Alt Fuel > Biomass / Non-Fossil Oil > W2E > GPI >
GPI's waste-to-fuel process validated by U.S. military - Green Power Inc. has had the U.S. military test the input/output volumes and quality of their municipal-waste and biomass-to-fuel plant, validating that it produces as GPI has stated. U.S. sales may finally take off, and bureaucratic resistance will hopefully melt away. (PESN; Feb. 19, 2010) (Comments)

Microorganisms / Waste to Energy > from Sewage >
Microbial Breakthrough to Make Diesel Directly From Non-Food Plant Waste - A group of scientists from both the public and private arenas has announced that they’ve successfully engineered a strain of the microbe E. coli to contain all the bits required to turn raw plant matter directly into diesel without any refinement or intermediary steps required; and may be able to directly produce environmentally-friendly surfactants, solvents and lubricants. (Gas2; Jan. 28, 2010)

2009

Waste to Energy > from Sewage >
British firm gets taste for 'poo power' - Britain's biggest water company, Thames Water, lifted the lid Monday on how it slashed costs by burning customers' faeces to make electricity.Energy is generated through either "thermal destruction", where dried blocks of "poo cake" are burned, or "anaerobic digestion", where the methane from sewage sludge is burned. (Eergy Daily; Dec. 7, 2009)

Waste to Energy > Waste Heat Generators / Thermal Electric >
Harnessing waste heat to produce electricity - In experiments involving a new technology, thermal diodes, an MIT research team has been able to demonstrate efficiency as high as 40 percent of the Carnot Limit, with calculations showing that this new system could ultimately reach as much as 90 percent of that ceiling. See the team's paper, "Quantum-coupled single-electron thermal to electric conversion scheme". (GizMag; November 19, 2009)

Waste-to-Energy Technology Reaches Major Milestone: SDTC Celebrates Completion of Plasco Project - Sustainable Development Technology Canada adn Plasco Energy Group's Plasma Gasification for Municipal Solid Waste project has reached completion. Their Plasma Gasification process converts 75 tonnes a day of municipal solid waste into synthetic gas, inert solid material and heat. The gas is utilized in a power plant to produce electricity for sale into the electricity grid. (Marketwire; Oct. 22, 2009)

Fuel Efficiency / Waste to Energy > Waste Heat >
GM Working On Efficient, Shape-Changing, Memory Metal Engine - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded GM with $2.7 million to develop a working prototype of a Shape Memory Alloy engine. In theory, this engine could recycle the waste heat and turn it into electrical energy, perhaps one day even replacing alternators and improving fuel efficiency. (Gas 2.0; Nov. 2, 2009)

Alt Fuels > Ethanol > Cellulosic >
Turning Wastewater into Ethanol - In a two-step process, Israel-based Applied Clean Tech start by removing cellulose (the part of the plant we can’t digest) from both the sludge and agricultural liquid waste, then Massachusetts-based Qteros ferments this treated material into cellulosic ethanol using a fast-acting microbe, solving the headache of sewage sludge disposal, providing a solution for wastewater treatment plants. (Alt Energy News; Oct. 19, 2009)

Top 100: Coskata >
Commercializing Garbage to Ethanol - An Illinois startup that is developing a process to convert a wide range of materials, including wood chips and garbage, into ethanol, Thursday unveiling a "semi-commercial" plant that will be used to demonstrate that its technology can work at a commercial scale. (MIT Technology Review; October 15, 2009)

Alt. Fuel > Animal Waste to Energy / Natural Gas >
Could Cowpower Replace Horsepower On The Rally Circuit? - Cow manure is a leading contributor of nitrous oxide and ammonia into the atmosphere, adding heartily to global warming. Cars provide their own fair share of noxious fumes. But a British team of engineers and racers is working on a way to kill two birds with one stone by developing a race car that can run on cow manure. (Gas 2.0; Oct. 13, 2009)

Featured: Waste to Energy > Green Power Inc. >
Waste-to-fuel co. being hampered by state Ecology dept. - The Washington state department of Ecology is impeding Green Power Inc., which claims a technology to turn municipal waste into high-grade fuel. The company is appealing the shut-down order saying that the cited regulation is irrelevant because their process does not involve incineration. (PESN; Sept. 22, 2009) (Comments)

Plastic >
New Envion Facility Turns Plastic Waste into $10/Barrel Fuel - Washington, DC company claims it can turn plastic into an oil-like fuel for just $10 per barrel, which can be blended with other components and used as either gasoline or diesel. The process entails heating up plastic using infrared light, which removes hydrocarbons without the use of a catalyst. (Inhabitat; September 16, 2009)

Featured: Waste to Energy > Green Power, Inc. >
Spitzauer appealing Green Power Inc. shut-down order - Michael Spitzauer, CEO, said that his company's municipal-waste-to-power process emits no emissions of the compounds in question, and that the Washington State Ecology Department's concerns are unfounded in which they claim GPI has "not provided adequate compliance with the environmental air quality regulations." (PESN; August 7, 2009) (Comment)

Alt Fuels > Biomass / Waste to Energy >
Biofuels: A Decision Maker’s Guide to Opportunities for Converting Biomass & Wastes into Transport Fuels - This report considers which pathways are likely to be commercially attractive, which use proven technologies and which require further development. Many other issues in this developing area are discussed. Also contains thumbnail profiles of over 100 companies active in this sector. (WasteReports.com; April 2009)

Biofuel / Waste to Energy > Sewage >
New Microbe Strain Makes More Electricity, Faster - Researchers have coaxed Geobacter, the sediment-loving microbe who produce electric current from mud and wastewater, to evolve a new strain. It dramatically increases power output per cell (8x), overall bulk power, and with a thinner biofilm, cuts the time to produce electricity on the electrode. Now it is plausibe to begin designing microbial fuel cells for a myriad of applications including converting waste water to electricity. (NewsWise; July 29, 2009)

Hydrogen / Waste to Energy > Sewage >
Producing hydrogen from urine - You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract hydrogen from urine. (PhysOrg; July 3, 2009)

Memo: Need to add in the news items going back in time beginning with News:Archive:2009:June

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