Teru Talk Newsletter
Volume I, Issue
41, December 5,
2011
Teru Talk by Michael
Theroux (pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash Talk
Teru Talk
was designed to help answer
questions about this Waste
Conversion industry: Where
ARE the examples of people
and companies doing this
stuff? Is it REALLY
something that get
accomplished without going
bankrupt? Can you actually
MAKE good stuff outta
trash? Teru Talk is a tool
box you can use to get at
those answers, but like any
tool, if you can't find the
ON button or figure out
which way the volume knob
turns, you aren't gonna use
it much (you're on your own
to plug it in). So this
week's Trash Talk is a
guide to help you get
comfortable with the Teru
Talk tool. Clearly, the
questions need attention
and to get at the answers,
we track globally around
2,000 companies, agencies,
institutions, foundations,
geniuses, and an occasional
goofball. That means we
scan over a thousand items
a week to pull down maybe
20 that seem important to
Waste Conversion. Since
Teru Talk's inception,
we've reported on over a
thousand newsy bits, and
every one of those news
items is available online
for your review. If you're
already following us on
Twitter, you know that we
tweet everything new that's
added to Teru Talk with a
link to the item. It's also
posted to our Facebook page
and
LinkedIn.
Let's say
you're reading along in
this Newsletter and spot
something of interest.
Click the news headline and
you go to that news item on
Teru Talk's website. OK so
far, but you get curious,
and want to learn more
about this company or that
topic. First, use the
"search box" on the top
left of the page and
type in the company name
(or whatever else might
interest you). From that
you get a list showing the
Teru Talk pages where your
search term appears. Go to
one of the pages
and use your browser's
search engine hunt for
specific terms on the page.
We use Google; the
drop-down menu you get from
clicking the "down" arrow
shows a "Find on this page"
choice. Clicking THAT opens
a "FIND" box where you can
type in your search term -
and immediately see the
first instance highlighted
on the page.
Ta-da!
When
there is something
important with a deadline,
we post an Action Item with
all the dates and contact
info you'll need for your
follow-up. Thing is, by now
we've got reference
material stored up on a
whole lot of the stuff that
makes up our Waste
Conversion world and it's
there when you need it.
Everything from this
bar-stool "Trash Talk, to
the daily additions of News
and Action items that end
up in each week's wrap-up
newsletter, to Focus
Reports summarizing
meetings and events, to the
in-depth Articles. You'll
also find our own filings
to Docket on agency
matters, and even a budding
glossary. Explore the
buttons down the right side
of the newsletter, or the
tabs across the top of each
web page.
Now, you
don't have to agree with
us. In fact, we LIKE it
when there's a dust-up;
that is why there is a
Dialogue section set up to
draw out questions and
comments. Use it freely,
but keep it clean please.
Work the site over. Try all
the buttons and tabs. Hunt
for whatever comes to mind.
Good chance, there's
SOMETHING on Teru Talk to
get you a bit further down
the "I know that!" path. If
what you want isn't there
or it just doesn't work the
way you think it should,
Tell Us!
Hey
Rube!
Teru will be
at The Waste
Conversion Congress - West
Coast in San Jose
tomorrow and Wednesday. He
is scheduling interviews and
making plans so he can
report back to you on the
people, the companies, and
the progress in the
industry. Walk up and say
howdy if you see him
there.
The
Week's News
FAA Awards
$7.7MM in Contracts for
Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Development
The US Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) has
announced the award of $7.7
million in contracts to eight
companies to advance commercial
production and availability of
next-generation alternative
"drop-in" aviation fuel.
12/03/2011
Finland's Outotec Acquiring
Energy Products of
Idaho
In a move designed to
strengthen its energy and
environmental technologies
growth and portfolio, Finnish
resources company Outotec has
announced that it is acquiring
all assets of Energy Products
of Idaho (EPI).
12/03/2011
Viridor
Clears Legal
Challenges to Avonmouth
Waste to Energy
Plant
Waste management and recycling
company Viridor has announced
that the United Kingdom's High
Court has now dismissed legal
challenges from nearby Bristol
City Council to development of
the Avonmouth Resource Recovery
Centre.
12/02/2011
CHO-Power,
ROC Plan 4 Waste
Gasification to Energy
Projects in
UK
The French firm Europlasma SA
has announced that its
wholly-owned subsidiary
CHO-Power SAS and the United
Kingdom's (UK) Sunrise
Renewables Companies (ROC) will
work together to complete four
biomass and waste to energy
developments located at the UK
ports of Hull, Barry,
Sunderland and Barrow.
12/02/2011
EPA Releases Proposed Changes
to Boiler/CISWI Emissions and
NHSM Rules
The
US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
has announced the
issuance of
"reconsiderations and
proposed amendments" to
the March 2011 issued
final rules on emission
of air pollutants from
existing and new boilers
and other "major sources"
and "area sources", and
governing Commercial and
Industrial Solid Waste
incinerators (the CISWI
rules).
12/02/2011
Inbicon
Plans North American
Expansion of New Biomass
Refinery
Technology
Danish biofuel company Inbicon
has announced the selection and
qualification of the Wisconsin
office of the Finnish
engineering firm Pöyry as its
preferred provider in
development of its advanced
soft-cellulose biorefineries in
North America.
12/01/2011
Verdezyne
Opens Bio-Sourced Adipic
Acid Pilot
Plant
The California biochemical and
biofuel company Verdezyne has
announced a significant
milestone with the opening of
its first pilot production
facility in Carlsbad,
California.
12/01/2011
Greenleaf
Biofuels and Tenaska
BioFuels Sign Multi-Year
Biodiesel
Agreement
New Hampshire based Greenleaf
Biofuels LLC has announced the
signing of an exclusive
multi-year agreement with
Tenaska BioFuels LLC, a
subsidiary of the independent
energy company Tenaska.
12/01/2011
Dynamotive
to Commercialize Pyrolysis
Oil Upgrading with IFP
Energies,
Axens
Vancouver, Canada based
Dynamotive Energy Systems
Corporation has announced a
step forward in the
development, scale-up and
commercialization of its
proprietary pyrolysis oil
upgrading process.
12/01/2011
Honeywell
and AliphaJet Collaborate on
Renewable Drop-In Jet Fuel
Deployment
Honeywell Process Solutions and
AliphaJet, Inc announced a
strategic collaboration at a
recent dinner hosted by former
President Jimmy Carter, who
endorsed the effort.
11/30/2011
Amyris and
Total Move from R&D to
JV for Renewable Fuel
Production
California-based biofuels and
biochemicals company Amyris
announced expansion of its June
2010 agreement with the French
oil, gas and alternative energy
giant Total S.A., increasing
collaborative research and
development, expressing intent
now to form a joint venture for
production of alternative fuels
and other products.
11/30/2011
Emerging
Markets Now Drive Renewables
Investments
United Kingdom based
accountancy firm Ernst &
Young (EY) has highlighted the
Ukraine as one of the
rapid-growth markets now
driving renewable energy
investment in the global
market. Since 2003, the
think-tank has been developing
and publishing quarterly
Country Attractiveness Indices
(CAIs) that track and rank
renewable energy markets in 40
countries.
11/30/2011
TGI Signs
LOI to Acquire Eliho Assets
for Waste Conversion to
Energy
New
Jersey based TGI Solar Power
Group, Inc took another step
toward implementation of
advanced waste conversion,
signing a letter of intent
(LOI) to acquire certain
strategic assets from Eliho
Energy Systems, Inc of Nevada.
11/29/2011
KTG Agrar
Expands Biogas Production
Beyond 20
MWe
German
integrated farming / renewable
energy company KTG Agrar AG
announced that the mild
European winter has allow it to
advance ahead of schedule for
both production of biogas for
combined heat and power, and
development of new anaerobic
digestion facilities.
11/29/2011
Mega-Scale
Hong Kong Integrated Waste
Management Facility Moves
Forward
California based global
professional services firm
AECOM Technology Corporation
has been awarded a consulting
contract to provide
professional management
services for Phase 1 of a new
Integrated Waste Management
Facility in Hong Kong.
11/28/2011
University
of Salford Installs Owl
Power's Vegawatt Generator
for CHP
The University of Salford
Manchester, United Kingdom
(UK), has announced successful
installation of a Vegawatt™
combined heat and power (CHP)
generation unit that will run
on waste kitchen grease from
campus cafeterias, and provide
power and hot water for Faraday
House.
11/28/2011
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