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Project to Use Environmentally Advanced Flex Powerstation(TM) FP250 Turbines; Provides an Energy Solution by Generating Power from Methane at Closed Landfill SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved, by a 5-0 unanimous vote, a binding agreement with Flex OC Renewables, a subsidiary of FlexEnergy Inc (www.flexenergy.com), as the primary firm to install and operate a system that will provide power generation...
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At its meeting on Dec. 15, the Austin City Council unanimously approved the Austin Resource Recovery Master Plan, a long-term plan for Austin Resource Recovery (formerly Solid Waste Services) that projects future activities and services for the next 30 years. The Master Plan looks at the Department in its entirety and empowers the Austin community to achieve a drastic reduction in the amount of trash sent to area landfills. To view the...
ORANGEBURG, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nice-Pak/PDI, the global leader in wet wipe product manufacturing and a founding member of the Sustainability Consortium, has announced the transformation of its Orangeburg, New York manufacturing plant into a "zero landfill" facility. The plant now sends its more than 2,000 tons of non-recyclable waste per year to a waste-to-energy facility in Peekskill, New York, where it provides fuel for electricity generation. "Over the past...
SMITH'S CREEK, Mich., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Biomass Energy has started operating a 3.2-megawatt (MW) landfill gas-to-energy facility at the Smith's Creek Landfill in Kimball Township. The electricity is produced at a facility operated by Blue Water Renewables Inc., a subsidiary of DTE Biomass Energy. The Smith's Creek Landfill, owned and operated by St. Clair County, operates one of the first commercial-scale septage injection landfill gas systems in the United...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Propex today announced the appointment of John W. Goers to the position of Vice President - Sales for its Geotextile Systems division. Goers comes to Propex from Firestone, where he most recently served as General Manager of Firestone's Specialty Products business, which manufactures geomembranes for retail, residential, industrial, commercial, civil and environmental industries. "We are thrilled to have John join our team," said...
EVEN YEHUDA, Israel, November 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Sphere Corp. (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Blue Sphere"), a company in the Cleantech sector as an emission reduction and renewable energy project integrator, is pleased to announce that it has arranged to commence drilling wells in the Oti Sanitary Landfill in Kumasi, Ghana within the next 3-5 weeks to assess the quantity of biogas in the landfill. The program will consist of drilling 3 boreholes in the...
High-tech disposal system reduces 50 gallons of waste to half a pint of ash In partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Marines at Camp Smith, Hawaii, are testing a high-tech trash disposal system that can reduce a standard 50-gallon bag of waste to a half-pint jar of harmless ash. Called the Micro Auto Gasification System (MAGS), the unit is currently undergoing evaluation by U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC) as a possible solution to help Marines win their...
CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines , Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- True Green Energy Group (TGEG) (Frankfurt: TGG.F) Today, TGEG met with members of PACIFICTECH in order to conclude a gargantuan agreement to help the Philippines. Ronald Flynn, the founder of True Green Energy Group stated, "PACIFICTECH is helping TGEG and SBSC by reducing the volume of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) through the installation of the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) machine that will generate income to the constituents of...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mine Reclamation, LLC (MRC), the developer of the long-delayed Eagle Mountain landfill project, filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday in federal bankruptcy court in Riverside County, CA in order to preserve and protect the company's assets. This step comes on the heels of the final and concluding lawsuit challenging the project's land exchange which sends the project back in large part to the drawing board after a nearly twenty-five year...
Inc. 5000 company’s combination of certifications and WBE status is a win-win for customers. Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) October 27, 2011 2trg, a Cincinnati, Ohio based electronic waste recycler, is proud to announce that its Cincinnati processing center has recently completed R2 (Responsible Recycling Practices), e-Stewards, ISO 14001:2004, and OHSAS 18001:2007 certifications. Compliance with these independently audited certification standards indicates that 2trg is committed to...
