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Italian researchers recover extracellular polymeric substances from anaerobic granular sludge

Italian researchers recover extracellular polymeric substances from anaerobic granular sludge

March 26, 2024 |

In Italy, promising new technique from researchers at the Politecnico di Milano using extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) recovered from anaerobic granular sludge may offer a cost-effective, sustainable approach for transforming wastewater into industrially valuable products, and help to reduce carbon emissions. In a study published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, researchers coated paper using EPS […]

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Thames Water to heat West London homes with sewage sludge-based biogas

Thames Water to heat West London homes with sewage sludge-based biogas

January 23, 2024 |

In the UK, Thames Water has announced sewage sludge will be used to heat homes in West London early this year, after successfully delivering its second gas-to-grid (G2G) project, at its Mogden Sewage Treatment Works (STW). The success of the gas-to-grid model established at Deephams STW in North London in 2021, where biogas is converted […]

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Wizz Air invests $6.4M in Firefly’s sewage sludge-based SAF

Wizz Air invests $6.4M in Firefly’s sewage sludge-based SAF

December 27, 2023 |

In the UK, Wizz Air recently announced a £5 million investment in a biofuel company, Firefly. This is Wizz Air’s first equity investment in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) research and development. The partnership with Firefly will allow the airline to supply SAF to its UK operations from 2028, up to 525,000 metric tons over 15 years. […]

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E.ON Croatia gets grant to produce hydrogen using sewage sludge

E.ON Croatia gets grant to produce hydrogen using sewage sludge

December 21, 2023 |

In Croatia, Balkan Green Energy News reported that energy firm E.ON Croatia has received a grant from the European Union via the Innovation Fund for a project to produce hydrogen using sewage sludge, to blend it into the local gas grid and use it as fuel for public buses in Zagreb. The reported stated that […]

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Anaergia selected to produce renewable power from wastewater sludge in California

Anaergia selected to produce renewable power from wastewater sludge in California

July 19, 2023 |

In California, Anaergia Inc. has been selected as the Energy Recovery Contractor for a new system that will produce renewable power from wastewater sludge at the East County Advanced Water Purification (East County AWP) facility now under construction in Santee, California. Anaergia anticipates the Energy Recovery project will also eventually digest food waste along with […]

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SPIE Netherlands and C-Green team on first Dutch modular plant converting sewage sludge into biofuel

SPIE Netherlands and C-Green team on first Dutch modular plant converting sewage sludge into biofuel

May 22, 2023 |

In the Netherlands, SPIE Netherlands and C-Green are collaborating on the first Dutch modular plant to convert sewage sludge into biofuel. The innovative system – developed by C-Green – converts wet biomass (sludge) into the dry product hydrochar in an energy-efficient manner. During the production process, five kilos of sludge are converted into one kilo […]

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Washington State University researchers develop new method to produce biogas from sewage sludge

Washington State University researchers develop new method to produce biogas from sewage sludge

November 7, 2022 |

In Washington state, a new method to treat sewage can efficiently convert leftover sludge to biogas, an advance that could help communities lower their waste treatment costs while helping the environment. Reporting in the journal, Waste Management, a Washington State University research team tested a pretreatment technology, adding an extra step to typical treatments and using oxygen-containing […]

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers receive $2M DOE grant for sewage sludge-based biofuels

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers receive $2M DOE grant for sewage sludge-based biofuels

May 4, 2021 |

In Massachusetts, a team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create renewable fuel from sewage sludge, a byproduct of wastewater treatment that creates greenhouse gases and water pollution when dumped into landfills. With the U.S. EPA reporting that Americans alone […]

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North Carolina State University aim to turn paper sludge into biofuel

North Carolina State University aim to turn paper sludge into biofuel

April 12, 2021 |

In North Carolina, researchers from North Carolina State University, in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, are seeking to turn a waste product of pulp and paper mills known as “paper sludge” into a high-performance biofuel. The three-year grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office and provides the researchers […]

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Sewage sludge could be promising bioplastic feedstock

Sewage sludge could be promising bioplastic feedstock

December 21, 2020 |

In Texas, researchers at A&M University have deployed the bacterium Zobellella denitrificans ZD1 to convert sewage sludge into the biodegradable plastic polyhydroxybutyrate.  PHA is known to be produced by several bacterial species as a supplemental energy reserve in carbon-rich environments with limited nitrogen, phosphorous, or oxygen. Cost issues associated with bacterial production of bioplastics have […]

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