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Lockheed Martin, Concord Blue Waste-to-Energy Plant Moves Forward

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A waste-to-energy facility, expected to be online next year, will process 50,000 tons of raw waste annually, reducing the need for landfill use and powering 5,000 homes and businesses in Herten, Germany. Concord Blue has awarded Lockheed Martin Energy a $43 million contract to proceed with all engineering, procurement and ... Read more »

Las Cruces Moving to LEDs, Solar

December 1, 2015September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

Las Cruces, NM, early next year will begin a $5.5 million project to replace as many as 3,000 street lights and interior florescent lights with LEDs and install solar energy at five city facilities, according to the Sun-News. The story says that the city hopes to save 50 percent in ... Read more »

Advances and Challenges for the Bioenergy Sector

November 24, 2015September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

A forum on bioenergy at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in early November pointed to both good news and concerns for the sector. The fate of an alternative to any established product or service depends on the health – economic and otherwise – of the incumbent. That is at bad ... Read more »

South Sioux City, NE, to Cut Energy Costs with Bioenergy

October 26, 2015September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

South Sioux City, NE will save about $40,000 a year by incorporating bioenergy into its energy strategy. The city funded the project with a $216,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and $50,000 of its own money, according to KTIV. The bioenergy unit, which is expected to be ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Prop.65 Reforms, ISO 14001 Revision, LEED-CI

May 9, 2013April 1, 2022 by Tamar Wilner

Governor Jerry Brown (pictured) has proposed reforms to California’s Proposition 65 chemical disclosure law, saying it has been “abused by unscrupulous lawyers.” The package of reforms will build on ongoing legislative efforts in the state, Brown said, and includes proposals to cap attorneys’ fees in Prop. 65 cases, change the ... Read more »

Contract Wins: Andritz, Poet-DSM Biofuels, Microgrid Solar, Eaton

October 29, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Andritz, through its US subsidiary Andritz Inc., has received an order to supply its advanced continuous biomass pre-treatment technology for the Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels commercial-scale biofuel facility, Project Liberty, being built in Emmetsburg, Iowa and scheduled for completion in Q4 2013. The facility will produce 20 million gallons per year ... Read more »

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