In September 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the Lehigh University Energy Research Center (ERC) a new $3.5 million project to develop advanced technology that would rapidly detect and analyze Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) streams. The technology will be a blend of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and Raman … [continued]
I’ve been meaning for months to get back to covering all of the one-on-one conversations between cleantech experts that the Renewable Cities team organized during the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum. Thanks to Christmas weekend, I can finally get to these! Below are six more of these conversations, followed at the end … [continued]
For renewable energy researchers in Europe, now is the time to look closely at what is happening with waste in Africa. The estimated electricity production from the total waste generated in Africa could reach 122.2 TWh in 2025, reports the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). This kind of “found … [continued]
The Bangladesh government is planning to set up a power plant based on municipal waste with an intent to address the issue of waste generation as well as expanding the basket of renewable energy technologies in the country. The Bangladesh government is looking to develop a municipal waste-based power plant at … [continued]
Goodyear’s developed a process for extracting silica from the ashes of rice husks, creating a use for this material that normally goes to landfills.
This morning the United Nations Environment Program released its 9th annual report on Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment. The news is very good: 2014 was the best year ever for newly installed renewable capacity. The Frankfurt School–UNEP Collaborating Centre and Bloomberg New Energy Finance prepared the report. In spite of the 50+% collapse in … [continued]
It is a changing world with diverse power needs, and I’ve got a nice bit of renewable news from Sarasota County, Florida. Announced in a press release by Aria Energy, a leading provider of baseload renewable energy, the news is the beginning of commercial operations of a 4.8 MW landfill … [continued]
The San Joaquin Valley has become America’s breadbasket over the past few decades. Products including pistachios, almonds, citrus, stone fruit, cotton, and grapes are grown here and distributed all over the United States and are exported around the world. Tulare County, about a three-hour drive north of Los Angeles, recently … [continued]
A small-scale prototype system capable of converting olive oil production waste into energy is now up and running at a facility in Granada, according to recent reports. The prototype — the result of research at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology that concluded at the end of last year — generates … [continued]
One of the most beloved members of the British Parliament, current Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles, has continued to show exactly why he is so beloved with his recent speedy approval of a waste-to-energy plant near Gloucester… despite, over the last 18 months, rejecting a … [continued]
