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Network of ReFood anaerobic digestion plants: PDM plans to invest in Anaerobic Digestion in 2012

(17/01/2012)

PDM, the UK’s largest food waste recycler, has announced plans to invest a further £40 million in developing its network of ReFood anaerobic digestion (AD) plants this year. This investment will result in two new plants located in Widnes and East London. The announcement follows the completion of the company’s first AD plant at its headquarters in Doncaster. The two new plants will each double the recycling capacity of Doncaster, each handling around 90,000 tonnes of food waste each year and ... [more]

nuclear electricity vs renewable energy sources: As a result of high costs, low demand, and recent disasters, global nuclear generation capacity falls

(13/12/2011)

The latest Vital Signs Online (VSO) report from the Worldwatch Institute indicates that due to increasing costs of production, a slowed demand for electricity, and fresh memories of disaster in Japan, production of nuclear power fell in 2011. Despite reaching record levels the previous year, global installed nuclear capacity, the potential power generation from all existing plants, declined to 366.5 gigawatts (GW) in 2011, from 375.5 GW at the end of 2010. Not surprisingly, this drop in in... [more]

Nansulate coating: Textile mills are incorporating Industrial Nanotech's energy saving protective Nansulate coatings into their sustainability initiatives worldwide

(13/07/2011)

Industrial Nanotech's Nansulate® coatings have been used by numerous textile manufacturers for insulation of their dyeing machines, steam pipes, heat exchangers and other equipment. A growing number of textile mills are incorporating Industrial Nanotech, Inc.'s patented line of energy saving protective coatings into their sustainability initiatives worldwide. “We are currently doing a pilot project with Hanesbrands, Inc. In the event that Nansulate® performs as well for their textile equipmen... [more]

Niobrara Energy Park: Niobrara Hybrid Energy Park could become a national center of learning in how to best manage the hybrid fossil plus renewable energy infrastructure

(04/04/2011)

The Niobrara Energy Park is a 640-acre project that will integrate natural gas and renewable energy generation facilities, including solar and wind energy, with data centers and energy research. With zoning approvals by Weld County Commissioners in place, the greenfield project is now process-shovel-ready. Commissioner Dave Long said of the park, “I’ve said in the past that Weld County is the energy center of Colorado, but this may make Weld County the energy center of the West, if not the na... [more]

NanoCSP: NANOGEN's portable solar power plant can be deployed within 48 hours

(24/02/2011)

NANOGEN Power Systems' NanoCSP™ line of modular and totally portable Solar Power Plants bring the economics and efficiency of large scale CSP (Collecting Solar Power) solar systems to the 250kW to 10MW marketplace. NANOGEN’s portable solar power plants are available in multiples of 250kW up to 1MW. The entire power plant is self-contained and packaged in steel cargo containers which can be shipped worldwide by sea, barge, truck or rail. Upon arrival the containers are aligned with the sun, b... [more]

Nobles Wind Farm: enXco and Xcel Energy announce the Nobles Wind Project is fully operational

(06/01/2011)

The 201-megawatt Nobles Wind Farm in southwestern Minnesota consists of 134, 1.5-megawatt General Electric wind turbines generating enough power to serve approximately 66,500 homes. enXco and Xcel Energy have announced the new Nobles Wind Project is fully operational and supplying electricity to the regional transmission grid. “The Nobles Wind Farm advances our efforts to provide our customers with more reasonably priced, renewable energy,” said Judy Poferl, president and CEO of Northern Sta... [more]