]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/waste-to-energy Blog Articles Tagged with 'waste-to-energy' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148670?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy photo: D'Arcy NormanThe technology involved in plasma gasification, or perhaps more properly plasma arc waste disposal, has been around for about fifty years, but few facilities exist that utilize it to both dispose of waste and create energy, and n... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148670?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:25:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/139854?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Seattle Steam Co., a major supplier of heat to buildings in downtown Seattle, Washington, is going to begin turning waste into a source of energy. The company began construction yesterday on a hybrid heating plant, with a boiler that is able to burn ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/139854?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:54:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/136922?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy In Solar,John Gilluly at The Chip Stock Trader let us know that help was on the way for solar stocks. An interesting take on the solar installation business with a stock pick - Akeena Solar (AKNS).But Keith Johnson at the WSJ's Environmental Capital ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/136922?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:13:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/134826?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy photo: LauraAs someone who doesn't associate Kraft with anything other than mediocre imitations of good cheeses, I'll have to suck up my reservations for this next post as Kraft Foods is doing something pretty interesting. The Northfield, Illinois-ba... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/134826?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:17:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/132898?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy This article was written by Worldchanging San Francisco local editor Matt Waxman in February 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective.Timothy Burroughs is a Program Officer at the International Council for Lo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/132898?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:53:55 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/131172?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Sometimes when big traditional companies announce good news about ways they're going to reduce waste, the question arises of shouldn't they have done this earlier? That's what I wonder with General Motor Corp. announcement today that within a year an... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/131172?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:04:23 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/124162?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy photo by Al via flickrHere's one that shows that municipal waste-to-energy programs can sometimes be dirty business. Mother Jones is running an article about how, in Delhi, Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism is being twisted around to build a waste-... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/124162?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:11:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/121870?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy In that wastewater is a plentiful potential energy source. At least that's what some companies are hoping for. Photo by JL Johnson.Waste-to-energy projects seem to be popping up more and more: A number of cities are experimenting with either waste-to... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/121870?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:16:07 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/121497?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy photo: Nacogdoches PowerBiomass energy seems to be coming up on the TreeHugger radar more frequently in the past couple of weeks. Whether it comes from agriculture, animals, households or lumber, the drive to generate energy from waste products seems... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/121497?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:22:59 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/118266?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Ottawa, Ontario's city counselors have unanimously approved the building of a waste-to-energy facility that will daily convert 400 metric tons of trash to 21 megawatts of net electricity. The plant will be able to power about 19,000 homes. That's a w... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/118266?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:03:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/113595?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy US Army photoOther than the (old) army uniforms, green isn't the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the army or navy. Here are two examples of how the military sometimes tries to do the eco-correct thing, even if the motivation doesn'... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/113595?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:13:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/107169?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy 05/27/2008 - Revonergy Plc, an independent power producer using renewable energy fuel sources, recently announced a MOU with the Ondo State Government of Nigeria, to build a waste to energy power plant...... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/107169?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/88627?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy In large part, the transition to clean energy will involve using ourresources much more efficiently than we do now. One large potentialfeedstock for biofuels (and arguablythe only one which is truly sustainable) is our trash. As the worldeconomy ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/88627?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:51:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/80837?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Ah, the glamorous life of a business magazine reporter. I recently spent a gloriously sunny day in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area touring a landfill, a waste-to-energy plant and a materials recovery facility, all in the interest of seeing what happen... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/80837?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:34:52 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/74796?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Thanks again to all of you who participated in the Cleantech Investing Readers' Survey over the past week. Pretty good turnout, actually, esp. considering how many folks were on vacation and out of the office over the past few days As promised... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/74796?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:16:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/71600?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Yesterday, the US House of Representatives passed a fairly ecogeeky energy bill. Though the bill still has to get through the Senate, and somehow dodge an already threatened veto from W, it's worth taking a look at why this bill matters and why (so f... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/71600?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:06:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/60052?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy The concept of waste-to-energy technology is certainly nothing new: we've covered it many times on TreeHugger over the past few years (see here and here for some examples) and continually see it be touted as one of the next big things in alternativ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/60052?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:05:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/47340?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Pallets of pills at Covanta Energy, IndianapolisWe talk about the dangers of drugs in our water supply, but what do you do with expired or unfinished prescriptions? Most people just flush them or throw them in the garbage, but many drugstores will ta... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/47340?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:58:25 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/45804?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy I have been looking into Microwave Waste-to-energy pioneer Global Resource Corporation (GBRC.PK) for the last couple weeks much of it spent in phone tag with Global's CFO. I didn't get anything from him, but the firm's 10K and other SEC filings m... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/45804?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:52:35 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/45300?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy That's the verdict, at least, of a few recent news items. First of all, the National Petroleum Council released a study (pdf of execsum here) which projected continued energy demand growth which will require the use of every available energy resource... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/45300?rsstype=tag&tag=waste-to-energy Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:50:00 -0400