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 […]
In Missouri, Kansas City government generated $2 million over the past few years thanks to its innovative handling of sludge. The city uses sludge as fertilizer to grow corn and soybeans on city-owned farmland, which are then sold to produce biofuels. The program has allowed the city to not only generate revenue, but reduce its […]
In New Zealand, a wastewater treatment process that recycles biodiesel glycerol and produces ‘green’ renewable energy is now underway in Christchurch. The process, which is the result of three years’ of testing and research between the Christchurch City Council and Solid Energy, is currently being used at the Council’s Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bromley, New […]
