Teru Talk
Newsletter
Volume I, Issue
8
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April 18,
2011
Teru Talk
by Michael Theroux
(pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash
Talk
Spring is here almost, and our
noses are blooming … and it
seems everyone has Cabin Fever
to get projects started after
this three year winter. Food
Waste to Biogas is the hottest
selling item right now, but it
is good to see Poop Power
holding its own, so to
speak.
Teru will take in the
Green
California
Summit in
Sacramento early this next
week, and hopes are high we
can bring back some tasty
new tricks of the Green
Trade. We'll provide a
wrap-up afterwards, as we
have for the 8th Annual
Biomass Forum
.
Remember, the Keynotes and
the Exhibit Hall are free
entry, so boot-scoot on down
to Sac Town and as always,
if you spot our smilin'
face, say
Howdy!
The Week's Extra
Reading
Back from the Biomass
Forum Highlights
of the California Biomass
Collaborative's 8th Annual
Forum, including The Great
Debate.
Linking
Bioenergy Crop Development with
Soil and Water
Phytoremediation
Explores the use of
Short-Rotation Woody Crop trees
for both production of biomass
and phyto-remediation of
contaminated soils.
Solid Waste Conversion and
Renewable
Energy A
Legislative Review of
California's AB 2770, SB 1038,
and SB 1078.
The Week's
News
Group
Challenges Cal Recycle's
Gasification
Decision
A group of organizations
opposed to municipal solid
waste (MSW) conversion has
demanded that Cal Recycle
rescind their finding that the
plasma-assisted gasification
technology proposed by Plasco
for their renewable energy
project in Salinas, California,
is “gasification”.
04/16/2011
Oregon's
Biogas Industry Is Ready to
Grow
The Climate Trust has released
“Growing Oregon’s Biogas
Industry”, which details how
Oregon’s dairies, wastewater
treatment plants, municipal
solid waste collectors and food
processors have the feedstock
and infrastructure to generate
over 100 megawatts (MW) of
biogas energy, but currently
have only 8 MW installed.
04/16/2011
FCE Receives
Contracts to Explore Biogas
Processing, Carbon
Capture
Connecticut company Fuel Cell
Energy (FCE) has received a
contract from the US
Environmental Protection Agency
to evaluate the effectiveness
of their Direct FuelCells®
(DFC®) to efficiently separate
carbon dioxide (CO2) from the
emissions of industrial
operations such as refineries,
cement kilns and pulp and paper
mills.
04/16/2011
NCSU
Researchers ID Microbe
Responsible for Methane from
Landfills
New research from North
Carolina State University
(NCSU) shows that one species
of microbe prepares conditions
in a landfill that allow other
methane producers to flourish.
04/16/2011
Progress
Energy Signs Agreement with
Poultry Power for
Biogas
Progress Energy Carolinas has
signed a power purchase
agreement for energy to be
generated by Poultry Power
USA’s gasification of farm
waste.
04/15/2011
UK Plant
Will Convert Food Waste to
Energy and
Fertilizer
GWE Biogas Ltd’s food waste to
biogas and fertilizer plant is
performing well during its
commissioning phase.
04/15/2011
City of Oslo
Awards Food Waste to Biogas
Contract to
Cambi
Norwegian anaerobic digestion
company Cambi AS has been
awarded a US$65MM contract for
a turnkey biogas plant to
convert treat 50 000 tons of
food waste per year.
04/15/2011
KiOR Plans
Initial Public
Offering
Texas-based biofuel company
KiOR has filed with the
Securities and Exchange
Commission to raise up to $100
million through their proposed
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
of shares of Class A common
stock.
04/13/2011
Construction
Begins on 13MGY Cellulosic
Ethanol Plant in
Italy
Novozymes’ partner, Mossi &
Ghisolfi Group (M&G), is
breaking ground on its first
fully commercial scale
cellulosic ethanol facility in
Crescentino, northwestern
Italy.
04/13/2011
Alcoa,
Codexis and CO2 Solutions
Partner to Turn Waste to
Product
Biocatalyst firm Codexis and
enzyme company CO2 Solutions
have partnered with Alcoa for a
three-part waste conversion
research, demonstration and
development (RD&D) project
focused on recovering resources
from Alcoa’s industrial
residues.
04/13/2011
Construction
Completed on New British
Biogas
Plant
Danish anaerobic digestion
company Xergi has handed over a
new biogas plant to Staples
Vegetables, one of Britain's
largest vegetable producers
located in Wrangle, near Boston
in Lincolnshire.
04/13/2011
LanzaTech
Partners with LCY for
Bio-Based Chemical
Production
New Zealand based LanzaTech has
formed a partnership with LCY
Chemical Corporation for
development of bio-based C2
through C5 solvents and green
foundation chemicals.
04/13/2011
IEA Releases
Its First Global Clean
Energy Progress
Report
The International Energy Agency
(IEA) has for the first time
published a Clean Energy
Progress Report, assessing
global deployment of clean
energy technologies including
renewable energy, energy
efficiency, electric vehicles,
nuclear power, biofuels and CO2
capture and storage (CCS), and
providing recommendations to
countries on future action and
spending.
04/13/2011
APL’s Newest
Biomass Gasifier is Shipping
Container
Size
ALL Power Labs’ new 100 kWe
integrated gasifier and
generator set (genset) fits
inside a standard shipping
container.
04/12/2011
U.S.
Foodservice Fuels Fleet with
Biodiesel from Waste Cooking
Oil
The Columbia Division of U.S.
Foodservice, Inc in Lexington,
South Carolina has acquired WVO
Industries, who for years has
purified the waste vegetable
oil U.S. Foodservice collects
from their customers.
04/12/2011
New Joint
Venture Will Advance Organic
Waste Conversion
Projects
Davis, California based Onsite
Power Systems (OPS) is forming
a joint venture with Purely
Organic Products for advancing
organic waste conversion
technologies for production of
renewable energy fuels and
multiple high value organic
fertilizer products.
04/11/2011
Wisconsin
Sees Biogas Opportunity in
Cows
The Wisconsin Bioenergy
Initiative has released their
2011 Strategic Plan, focused on
“The Opportunity for Biogas in
Wisconsin”.
04/11/2011
The Week's
Action
Items
Due
04/22/2011: Intent to Bid on
New Mexico Renewable
Energy
Public Service Company of New
Mexico (PNM) issued a request
for proposal (RFP) for
renewable energy and
accompanying renewable energy
certificates (RECs) or RECs
only on April 6, 2011.
04/13/2011
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