Teru Talk Newsletter
Volume III, Issue
48, December 2,
2013
Teru Talk by Michael
Theroux (pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash Talk
Free
Beer! Free Beer! If the
breweries find that
conversion of their wastes
and residuals is
financially more important
than the price of their
product, making
their potables might become
more of an artisanal
endeavor. Maybe not, but it
certainly could
help.
No,
really … soupy wastewater
and wet mash costs like
crazy to ship to a sewer
plant or a landfill for
"proper disposal", and
costs even more (one way or
another) if it just gets
dumped out on the back
forty. There's only a
certain amount of mash that
can be plowed back into the
dirt, before the goo turns
"sour" and seals out the
oxygen, and the wastewater
just doesn't belong in the
stream. Lemme tell you,
that all can make one
stinky, unhealthy
mess.
Put that
same slop into a properly
designed and operated
anaerobic digester, and out
comes fuel in the form of
biomethane, and a dark
residual that can actually
benefit the soil.
The biomethane can then
provide electricity if it
is used as fuel to run a
generator, and often this
is enough to power the
entire brewery. The heat
from the genset can make
more power, or more likely,
be used to help keep all
the buildings and tank
operations at the right
temperature.
Treating
the wastes and residuals at
the source of their
generation eliminates the
transport leg. No diesel
trucks on the highway
equates to far less overall
brewery cost, and a whole
lot less diesel emissions.
It's one thing to turn
slops into power at a
regional plant; it is quite
a different proposition to
convert the cruddy
leftovers into useful goods
right where they are first
created. Companies globally
are finding that the
up-front expenditures
needed to get these systems
integrated with existing
operations are a good
bargain, considering all
the other problems that
on-site waste conversion
can solve.
Then
there's the "green" thing:
it just seems right, to
know that the suds you are
sipping are made in a way
that doesn't trash the
planet you are sitting on.
It's turned into good
advertising to be able to
make that claim, resulting
in another six-pack going
home in a shopping
cart.
Hey
Rube!
If you are interested in
promoting clean, natural food
production, the saying goes
that you should Vote with your
Fork: try real hard to buy just
the carefully grown stuff,
especially going for the local
produce. When it comes to what
happens with the wet and sloppy
organic residuals, whether from
you plate, your market or your
own Foody Business, check your
options for your nearest
friendly AD operator and Vote
with your Can … for Waste
Conversion!
This Week's Top Story
Cambrian and
Lagunitas Launch EcoVolt
Wastewater Treatment
Technology
Cambrian Innovation has
announced the installation of
EcoVolt™, the world’s first
biologically enhanced
wastewater treatment system at
Lagunitas Brewing Company in
Petaluma, California.
11/26/2013
The
Week's News
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Raizen
Starts Construction on Iogen
Biomass-to-Ethanol Facility
in
Brazil
Canadian company Iogen
Corporation announced that
Brazil based Raízen Energia
Participacoes S/A, has begun
construction on a commercial
biomass-to ethanol facility
using Iogen Energy`s (a joint
venture between Raízen and
Iogen Corporation) advanced
cellulosic biofuel technology.
11/30/2013
Carbios and
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
Collaborate on Plastic Waste
Recovery
French companies Carbios and
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT have
announced signing a preliminary
agreement for future
cooperation in the field of
recovery and recycling of
plastic waste, shaping a common
strategy for the two companies.
11/30/2013
SITA UK
Signs £760MM 25 Year
Contract with West London
Waste
Authority
A consortium led by SITA UK has
announced signing a Public
Private Partnership (PPP)
contract with the West London
Waste Authority to recover
energy from residual waste over
the next 25 years.
11/30/2013
Briefing
Event Scheduled in London
for Upcoming Call for
Bioenergy
Projects
Bioenergy
Sustaining the Future
(BESTF) has scheduled a
briefing for December 11,
2013 to provide details
on upcoming funding
opportunities for
bioenergy demonstration
projects (BESTF2).
11/26/2013
World's
Largest Dry Anaerobic
Digestion Facility Is Now
Open in San
Jose
The grand opening of the first
large-scale commercial dry
fermentation anaerobic
digestion (AD) project in the
United States and the largest
in the world was held in San
Jose, California last Friday.
11/25/2013
The Week's Action
Items
Due
01/15/2014: Abstracts on
Forests and Bioenergy for
'California
Agriculture'
The University of California
(UC) Cooperative Extension and
the UC Berkeley Center for
Forestry are soliciting
abstracts for a special issue
of the journal California
Agriculture
on
Forest and Bioenergy.
11/26/2013
Due 01/28/2014: Qualifications
to ECUA for Alternative Energy
Facility
Florida's Emerald Coast
Utilities Authority (ECUA) is
requesting statements of
qualification (RFQ Number CC
2014-09) from experienced
contractors interested in
proposing on the design,
construction, and operation of
the Alternative Energy Facility
(AEF) Project.
11/27/2013
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