http://www.txchnologist.com/2012/plasmas-trash-to-energy-promise-faces-big-hurdles THE CITY OF THE FUTURE THE URBAN LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING, BUT INTO WHAT? Urban centers have a big trash problem coming down the chute. According to a report published this month by the World Bank, we will be producing 2.2 billion tons of garbage globally every year by 2025. Not only will there be more [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2012’
Waste to Energy plans extinguished in Dubai
http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/display/article-display/4341479107/articles/waste-management-world/waste-to-energy/2012/06/Waste-to-Energy-plans-extinguished-in-Dubai.html Plans for a 2,000 – 3,000 tonne per day waste to energy facility in Dubai that were unsuccessfully tendered three times have now reportedly been cancelled. Financing issues and a project scope that was “too open” were said to be the challenges halting the project for the Dubai Muncipality, according to a report by Middle East [...]
Waste to Energy plans extinguished in Dubai
http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/display/article-display/_printArticle/articles/waste-management-world/waste-to-energy/2012/06/Waste-to-Energy-plans-extinguished-in-Dubai.html Waste to Energy plans extinguished in Dubai Plans for a 2,000 – 3,000 tonne per day waste to energy facility in Dubai that were unsuccessfully tendered three times have now reportedly been cancelled. Financing issues and a project scope that was “too open” were said to be the challenges halting the project for the [...]
Trash-to-Power Company Advanced Plasma to Hire Financial Adviser
Bloomberg News By Louise Downing on May 23, 2012 Advanced Plasma Power Ltd., a U.K. waste-to-energy technology maker, plans to hire a financial adviser to help raise money for 400 million pounds ($629 million) of planned projects to turn trash into power. The company has been speaking to investment banks and specialist firms and has [...]
Time to set energy policy with goals
SCMP Time to set energy policy with goals From cars to cellphones, pharmaceuticals to plastics, and air conditioning to water heating, energy is part of people’s lives more than ever before. Energy is vital for the effective functioning of our modern society and is a key driver for human development and economic prosperity (SEHK: 0803, announcements, news) . However, the [...]
Whiff of double standards in government’s take on air quality
SCMP Howard Winn Jun 14, 2012 We hear that following the row over higher electricity tariffs earlier this year, CLP has put more or less on “permanent hold” the work on converting its Castle Peak ‘A’ power plant from coal-fired to the cleaner gas-fired boilers. It will now continue to run on coal with just [...]
E(12/1437) CLP conversion works on hold
From: vyora_yau@enb.gov.hk [mailto:vyora_yau@enb.gov.hk] Sent: 12 June, 2012 18:10 To: dynamco@netvigator.com; James Middleton Cc: cwwong@epd.gov.hk; enquiry@epd.gov.hk Subject: Fw: E(12/1437) CLP conversion works on hold Importance: High Dear Mr Middleton, We note that today you have forwarded your enquiry on 21 April to us again. Perhaps for some reasons our reply to you on 11 May did not [...]
Thermal Technologies for Waste Management
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Arpan to generate power from solid waste
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Arpan-to-generate-power-from-solid-waste/articleshow/13879189.cms The writer has posted comments on this article TNN | Jun 7, 2012, 03.53AM IST AGARTALA: Agartala-based Association for Research on People and Nature (Arpan) has planned to set up a plasma gasification plant in the city to manage the growing solid waste here. The organization has also trained as many as 30 female entrepreneurs on manufacturing carry [...]
EPA publishes first-ever carbon dioxide emissions standard for new power plants with future implications for existing sources
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e6fc55b3-6de1-401e-99a0-2b2587e07ec9 On April 13, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its first-ever carbon dioxide emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants (“Draft Rule”).[1] The Draft Rule essentially requires all new fossil fuel-fired power plants to meet the carbon dioxide (“CO2″) emissions profile of a combined cycle natural gas plant. While most new natural gas [...]