Teru Talk Newsletter
Volume IV, Issue
25, June 23,
2014
Teru Talk by Michael
Theroux (pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash Talk
If there
was one place where you
could ask questions about
what's going on with Waste
Conversion and expect to
get a straight answer, what
would you ask? Would you
want to know how to best
deal with your own trash,
or what might be possible
with that mountain the
County calls its
"landfill"? Is this a
personal challenge, a
matter for the
municipality, a State
concern or a national /
international mandate, or
perhaps, all of the above?
Whew: that's a lot of
questions.
Let's
take this from a global
perspective. Imagine for
the moment that we have
immediate access to
information about the World
of Waste Conversion. We
want to know about the
tools, the rules, the
projects, and the
facilities that actually
work as intended. We'll
need to know the kinds of
thrown-away crud those
facilities accept, and know
what they make out of it.
Don't forget about how
those facilities got
financed, and even what
other waste-related efforts
that those investors, uh,
invested in. Whew: that's a
lot of detail.
The flood
of information served up on
the Internet doesn't cover
everyone, everywhere, and
there will always be
corners of our globe more
obscure than the rest. The
amount of detail about
waste conversion that IS
available is astounding,
and the areas not yet
accessible are shrinking
daily. But the Internet
alone is a cold and rather
impersonal stream and we're
talking about Humans
solving Human problems
here. It just makes sense
to add the Human element to
our search.
With that much data, we are
going to need a very solid
underlying structure to
keep it organized and a
clear way to search for the
bits we want - we need a
top-notch searchable
database. We'll need Humans
to mine the Internet, to
operate the Media desk and
reach out for more
information, and to
maintain the database. NOW
we're getting close,
combining Internet with
Media with Big Data
management. Everyone wants
a cleaner world. Renewable
Energy and Green Goods
recovered from waste can
play a key role. Teru Talk
keeps track of global waste
conversion, and wants to
upgrade our system so that
we can serve up the
information quickly,
accurately, and
economically. That, dear
readers, is where Teru Talk
is headed. Welcome
aboard.
SPECIAL Hey Rube!
Teru Talk has been accepted
into the Entrepreneurs
Showcase competition, a
clear pathway toward
garnering the resources we
need to grow. This
Wednesday, June 25th, the
Showcase will post 2-minute
Videos by each of us
competitors (Yes, Teru did a
Video!). For the next couple
months, we each will go
a-begging for Votes, vying
to be among the Top Ten by
this fall. When the big day
comes, look over our
presentation, and then Vote
for Teru Talk! Spread the
word: help us make it into
the final round, the
Entrepreneurs Boot Camp.
Starting Wednesday, Vote for
Teru Talk, and Vote Often!
Don't worry if you forget;
we'll be reminding you
again.
This Week's Top Story
UPM BioVerno
Renewable Diesel Will Be
Distributed in
Finland
UPM has
announced signing a sales
agreement with North
European Oil Trade (NEOT)
for UPM BioVerno
renewable diesel,
produced in UPM's
Lappeenranta Biorefinery.
06/16/2014
The
Week's News
NIB Finances
Two Swedish Waste and
Biomass CHP Plants
The
Nordic Investment Bank
(NIB) has announced
funding for two large
scale facilities in
Sweden for conversion of
biomass to combined heat
and power (CHP).
06/19/2014
Ford and
Heinz Collaborate on
Conversion of Tomato Waste
to BioPlastics
Researchers
at The Ford Motor Company
and H.J. Heinz are
investigating the use of
tomato fibers in
developing sustainable,
composite materials for
use in vehicle
manufacturing.
06/19/2014
NEOL
Biosolutions Secures US
Patent for MicroBiOil-1
Technology Platform
Spanish
companies Neuron Bio
Group and Repsol's joint
venture Neol Biosolutions
S.A. (Neol) has announced
that the US Patent Office
has granted a patent for
MicroBiOil-1, Neol's
technology platform.
06/19/2014
RSB Will
Host Webinar on EU Market
for Used Cooking Oil to
Biodiesel
The
Roundtable on Sustainable
Biomaterials (RSB) has
announced a no-cost
webinar scheduled for
June 25, 2014 to address
the complex and expanding
European Union (EU)
market for purchase and
conversion of used
cooking oil into
biodiesel.
06/18/2014
PNNL
Receives $2.2MM DOE Grant
for H2 Production from
Bio-Derived
Liquids
The US
Department of Energy
(DOE) has announced that
Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
(PNNL) will receive $2.2
million for hydrogen (H2)
production from
biomass-sourced liquids.
06/17/2014
$14.5MM Farm
Bill Funding Available for
Two USDA Bioenergy
Programs
The US
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) has announced up
to $14.5 million in
funding for two USDA
bioenergy programs is
available through the
2014 Farm Bill.
06/17/2014
IncBio
Delivers 120,000 MT/Yr
Ultrasonic Biodiesel Reactor
to South
America
Portugal
based IncBio has
announced delivery of a
120,000 MT per year
ultrasonic
transesterification
reactor for installation
in an existing biodiesel
plant in South America.
06/16/2014
UK's
Resource Association
Releases Specifications for
Waste
Reprocessing
The
Resource Association (RA)
in the United Kingdom
(UK) has announced
release of "ReQIP:
Recycling Quality
Information Point", a new
information project
designed to provide a
convenient reference
point for understanding
reprocessors’ recyclate
quality requirements.
06/16/2014
The Week's Action
Items
Due
08/15/2014: Alternative and
Renewable Energy Project
Proposals to
PEDA
Governor
Tom Corbett and the
Department of
Environmental Protection
(DEP) have announced that
the Pennsylvania Energy
Development Authority
(PEDA) will offer an
estimated $12.5 million
in grants and loans for
alternative and renewable
energy projects.
06/21/2014
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