Converting waste plastics into crude oil for fuels, chemicals, Agilyx has landed major upstream, downstream strategic investors in Waste Management and Total. Why is their technology so compelling? In Oregon, Waste Management and Total announced that they have joined the $22 million Series B investment round in Agilyx, led by Kleiner Perkins and including previous […]
Waste Management has released its 2010 corporate sustainability report, “From Waste to Resources,” as part of its commitment to report progress on the company’s environmental performance. Among the 2020 goals set by WM are to double waste-based energy production, and to triple the volume of recyclables to more than 20 million tons. More on the […]
In California, Fulcrum BioEnergy announced two deals to acquire waste biomass for its Sierra BioFuels Plant, a $120 million project located approximately 20 miles east of Reno, Nevada in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County. Fulcrum recently received a DOE Loan Guarantee term sheet for the Sierra project and has begun the negotiation process […]
From Canada comes news of several changes for Cielo Waste Solutions who you may know as the waste-to-fuel tech company. CEO and COO Gregg Gegunde resigned as did Chris Sabat as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Anna Cheong, who was acting as interim Chief Financial Officer, returned to her position as Controller and an […]
Electrification and batteries can’t remove the need for carbon, and a more sustainable economy is not a low-carbon economy as much as it will be a renewable carbon based economy, according to Ian Rowe, Technology Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office. Check out his illuminating presentation from BETO’s Peer Review where […]
In the UK, Binn Group said it partnered with French firm Paprec to begin work on a new Energy from Waste (EfW) facility, which will provide low carbon energy to local industries. The construction of the plant will create 200 jobs. The new facility at the Binn Eco Park in Tayside, Scotland will be funded […]
In Thailand, Asean Now reported that a consortium of Thai power and waste management companies intend to build 12 waste-to-energy power facilities and three refuse-derived fuel production plants. Acting Managing Director of waste services company Earth Tech Environment, Supawat Khunvoravinij, stated that the goal is to create facilities capable of power generation while improving industrial […]
In France, AFYREN, a greentech company that offers manufacturers natural, low-carbon ingredients produced using unique fermentation technology based on a completely circular model, and SUEZ, a world leader in circular solutions for water and waste management, are working together on a new way of creating value from organic waste. Using waste from SUEZ’s collection and […]
In Australia, Acciona announced that it has acquired 100% ownership of the Kwinana Waste-to-Energy project in an agreement reached with Macquarie Capital and Dutch Infrastructure Fund. The firm noted that the facility is on track to be operational in the last quarter of 2024 when it will divert up to 460,000 tons of waste per […]
In India, BNN Breaking reported that PTG Energy, an oil trading company in Thailand, has made a strategic investment in the waste-to-energy (WTE) sector. According to the report, the company recently acquired additional shares in Thai Paiboon, a local refuse-derived fuel (RDF) producer and distributor, with an aim to hold a 33.3% stake. Thai Paiboon […]
