In Oman, H2-Industries and Public Establishment For Industrial Estates – Madayan signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a waste-to-hydrogen plant in conjunction with PV solar power plants with base-load capacity in the Sultanate of Oman. The facility will initially convert up to one million tons of municipal solid waste each year. The proposed US […]
In Idaho, Idaho National Laboratory researchers are leading new studies to decontaminate municipal solid waste (MSW), such as paper, plastic, food, and clothing waste, to create biofuels. The research characterizes the municipal solid waste fractions of plastic and paper to determine what contaminants might affect biofuel conversion. They then work to decontaminate them and increase […]
In Colorado, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is helping unlock the full potential of the U.S. feedstock supply for biofuels after receiving over $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) for two projects that will study how to best grow photosynthetic algae and efficiently sort municipal solid waste, important steps […]
In Ohio, Babcock & Wilcox’s Renewable segment received an award for more than $38 million to supply waste-to-energy technologies for municipal waste projects in East Asia. The facilities will be capable of processing approximately 2 million tons of municipal waste annually. B&W Renewable will design, manufacture and supply its Vølund DynaGrate combustion grates and provide […]
In the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, SHV Energy and KEW Technology’s joint venture called Circular Fuels Ltd. will develop renewable dimethyl ether production plants with the first one to be located in the United Kingdom with a production capacity of 50 kilotonnes of rDME per year from municipal solid waste. This strategic collaboration will […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $35 million in funding for bioenergy feedstock technologies and algae research and development. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) supports the White House priority for advancing the domestic bioeconomy, as well as the Bioenergy Technologies Office’s goals of improving the performance and lowering the cost […]
In Taiwan, the Taipei Times reports the Environmental Protection Agency is exploring the development of four new MSW-fueled power plants to divert 230,000 metric tons from incinerators, extending the life of the incinerators while producing enough power for 11,000 homes. One such plant is already operating in Taichung while similar facilities are planned for Taipei, […]
Cielo – it means “sky” in Spanish but some also use the word Cielo to refer to Heaven, bringing with it images of stunning white puffy clouds filled with clean air and hope. So it’s an appropriate name for Cielo Waste Solutions. After all they are taking trash and converting it into something valuable – […]
In Maine, local press reports that the first truckloads of MSW began arriving last week at the long-delayed Fiberight facility as it starts to ramp up processing that will eventually lead to biofuel production. About a dozen of the 115 communities making up the Municipal Review Committee who has the feedstock supply deal with Fiberight […]
In Maine, local press reports that the long-awaited Fiberight plant that aims to produce ethanol from much of the state’s organic MSW has finally started accepting feedstock for processing, almost a year later than first planned. Early stages of the project are using MSW from about a dozen communities but will eventually ramp up to […]
