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GE, Sasol Develop Water Technology that Provides Biogas

November 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Sasol and General Electric’s GE Power & Water have developed technology that will clean wastewater while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation. This water treatment technology, known as Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Technology (AnMBR), will be further developed at a new demonstration plant at Sasol’s R&D campus at ... Read more »

Green Tech Grows Mining Spending 600% in Last Decade

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mining has embraced new green technology over the past 12 years, driving capital spending up 600 percent to $100 billion in 2012, a Lux Research report says. Spending will fall 24 percent to $76 billion this year on a cyclical downturn, but the long-term trend will remain up due to ... Read more »

Contract Wins: DuPont, Newalta, Desalitech, Amyris, Xylem

October 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Newalta and DuPont Canada have signed a development agreement to test a water processing technology in the Alberta oil and gas industry. The technology removes solids from water and facilitates a higher level of water re-use for customers at their sites, the companies say. Desalitech will supply an advanced wastewater ... Read more »

Siemens, Texas A&M to Commercialize Cost-Saving Remediation Treatment

October 25, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Siemens Water Technologies and Texas A&M AgriLife Research have agreed to continue to develop and commercialize a chemical-based technology that the organizations say will more efficiently and cost-effectively remove heavy metals from water and wastewater at power utility, mining, refinery and remediation sites. In a single process unaffected by temperature ... Read more »

Macroeconomic Drivers Reviving Cleantech Investment

October 25, 2013October 25, 2013 by Leon Walker

Macroeconomic drivers have reignited cleantech investment and expanded its reach across sectors and industries, according to research by cleantech research firm Kachan & Co. and nonprofits As You Sow and the Responsible Endowments Coalition. Population growth, increased resource scarcity, increased urbanization, energy and resource dependence, climate change, and risk mitigation are ... Read more »

Water Infrastructure Clogged by Cycle of Debt and Rate Hikes

October 22, 2013October 22, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

People who work in the water industry aren’t immune to the common household problem of clogged drains. When they happen, they’re an inconvenience for everyone, often reflecting years of buildup that’s impossible to see. There’s another “clogged drain” that’s been decades in the making that also affects everyone – the ... Read more »

Beverage Companies’ Savings ‘More Than $1M Annually’ Using Wastewater Treatment

October 22, 2013October 23, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

California’s Clos du Bois Winery reduced its aeration pump electricity costs and produced a surplus of reusable energy during its field test of Cambrian Innovation’s wastewater treatment system, which is now commercial available. For the last 15 months, Clos du Bois used Cambrian’s EcoVolt to treat up to 10 percent ... Read more »

Disney Gets an A, Carnival an F for Cruise Line Sewage Treatment

October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Disney Cruise Line is the most environmentally responsible line, earning an A for sewage treatment and an overall A grade, according to Friends of the Earth’s 2013 Cruise Ship Report Card. Disney is the only cruise line to score that highly and the first A ever issued in the annual ... Read more »

Contract Wins: Imtech, GE, Xylem, Abtech

October 18, 2013July 3, 2017 by Leon Walker

Engineering delivery firm Imtech Process and engineering and project management consultancy Royal Haskoning DHV have signed a cooperation agreement for the delivery of the Nereda technology for wastewater treatment in the UK. Imtech Process expects to build five to eight Nereda wastewater treatment installations in the coming years. Water technology ... Read more »

Dow, De Lage Landen Offer RO Element Leasing

October 14, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Dow Water Process and Solutions and De Lage Landen Financial Services, a global provider of asset-based financing for manufacturers and distributors, have announced what they say is the industry’s first reverse osmosis (RO) element leasing program for Dow’s Filmtec RO membranes. The leasing program will make Dow Filmtec RO elements ... Read more »

Top 100 Global Cleantech Firms Named

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

LanzaTech, RecycleBank, ChargePoint and Desalitech are among the companies to make the most recent Global Cleantech 100 list and report. The fifth annual list, compiled by Cleantech Group, recognizes the companies most likely to have a significant market impact over the next five to 10 years, according to the global ... Read more »

Desalitech Water Treatment Cuts Manufacturing Plant’s Costs

October 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Desalitech says its water treatment system — located at the Dead Sea Works chemical plant in Israel — has cost and wastewater disposal advantage that can benefit manufacturing plants worldwide. The company today said that Environmental Protection Technologies (EPT) of Israel will increase the production rate of its reverse osmosis ... Read more »

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