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POTSDAM, N.Y., March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. announced an initiative to extend the life of landfill gas energy projects. Biomass gasification can extend the life and value of these energy-producing assets through on-site production of gas for existing gas engines and transmission grid connections. The ZeroPoint Renewable CHP Solution produces synthesis gas that is suitable for blending with landfill gas to operate existing engines. Preexisting engines can also...

BALLERUP, Denmark, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LumaSense Technologies, Inc. (LumaSense) has released software that allows industrial manufacturers to more easily and cost effectively monitor gas emissions by remotely controlling up to 24 multi-gas monitors with a single computer. The LumaSoft(TM) Gas MultiPoint 7950 remote control software is for use with LumaSense's INNOVA 1316 multi-gas monitor, and it creates a scalable system that is less expensive than traditional multipoint...

WORCESTER, Mass., March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoEnergy Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TMEN), a leading supplier of wastewater recovery technology and systems, today announced the introduction of Thermo ARP(TM), a new, high-efficiency process for recovering nutrients from wastewater. (Logo: https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/CL50460LOGO ) Thermo ARP(TM) is specifically designed for use with agricultural, industrial and municipal anaerobic digesters where the wastewater...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean World Partners (CWP), based in Sacramento, CA, today announced it received an important strategic investment from Gold River, CA based Synergex International Corporation, which purchased a controlling interest in CWP - a clean technology start-up, which owns proprietary pioneering technology that converts food and other organic waste into energy, fertilizer and additional valuable byproducts. Founded in early 2009 by Sacramento...

HOUSTON and SAN DIEGO, Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Management (NYSE: WM) and Genomatica today announced a strategic joint development agreement to research and advance Genomatica's technology and manufacturing processes to enable production of intermediate and basic chemicals from syngas made from municipal solid waste. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090219/WMLOGO) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110209/DA44559) Under the agreement, Genomatica will create...

Xebec's groundbreaking technology purifies biogas from sewage treatment plant and turns it into energy for potential use in homes and businesses BLAINVILLE, QC, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ - Xebec Adsorption Inc. (TSX: XBC) ("Xebec") watched today as their innovative biogas techn ology was used to launch the first renewable energy project in California to purify biogas from a wastewater treatment facility (WWTF), to meet California's stringent natural gas quality standards.  The new...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and the city of Escondido today announced the official start-up of the first renewable energy project in California to purify wastewater biogas so that it meets state standards for natural gas delivered to homes and businesses. The city of Escondido's Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility is the test site of an innovative new pressure swing adsorption system that takes raw gas produced from the facility's...

BORDEAUX, France, February 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Foundation Celebration to be Held on February 11th With Public and Private Supporters - First EPC Revenues Booked by CHO Power, 100% Subsidiary of the Europlasma Group Europlasma announces the upcoming celebration of the laying of the foundation of the CHO Power biomass and waste to electricity plant under construction in Morcenx (France). The event will take place on February 11th in presence of the...

DETROIT, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit Edison will expand its renewable energy portfolio with a landfill gas project to be built in Kimball Township at the Smiths Creek Landfill. Detroit Edison will purchase the 3.2 megawatts (MW) of electricity produced at the Smiths Creek Landfill from Blue Water Renewables Inc., a subsidiary of DTE Biomass Energy. The power purchase agreement was approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission. The Smith's Creek Landfill, owned and operated by...

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Committed to improving the health of the communities it serves, Kaiser Permanente will deploy four megawatts of solid oxide fuel-cell generated power in a deal that will put fuel-cell generators at seven facilities in California by the end of this year. The agreement with Bloom Energy, which makes fuel cell energy servers, expands Kaiser Permanente's commitment to using sustainable energy sources. Installing these "Bloom Boxes" at Kaiser...