Teru Talk Newsletter
Volume IV, Issue
47, November 24,
2014
Teru Talk by Michael
Theroux (pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash Talk
Let's play a
global game. It's called,
"Garbage to Goods, Waste to
Wealth".
You've got a Video Controller;
you've got that big flat screen
TV, and you have a Quest, which
is to find the Right Tool for
the Job of converting garbage
everyone throws away into the
goods we use, turning a waste
of resources into a wealth
of resources. You gain points
in this game by how carefully
you can describe the discards
you need to convert, and how
discerning you are about really
evaluating those tools. If you
are quick, have the right
tokens, and get there before
your competitor locks up
access, you get to pick up that
tool and see if it works on
your resource recovery
problem.
We've been watching these video
systems on TV for some time
now: big walls of monitors,
quick-handed folks who can
throw images up for everyone in
the room to see. All that is
readily available techy stuff,
but there has to be an Oz
behind the green curtain. There
has to be someone finding,
contacting, documenting, and
getting ready to present those
waste conversion tools when you
get to that part of your game.
Those right tools are out
there, but they sure are not
easy to find.
A company that gets a contract
to find the Right Tools for a
project probably
got
that
contract because they had a
deep knowledge of the tools,
who makes and sells them, and
how they work for different
projects. That's fine, if what
you need is a pump or anything
else that is in a catalogue.
But there has been no global
catalogue of these waste
conversion systems, just the
rushing flood of internet data
serving up promotional
salesmanship. The Data Storm is
just too intense, and you are
already busy: it's that old
joke about how hard it is to
remember your job was to drain
the swamp when you are up to
your - hips - in
alligators.
That's where we step in, that's
Teru Talk there behind the
curtain. We've been toiling
away, ear-tagging the Tools and
their applications, aggregating
non-confidential Detail as it
shows up in our daily
diligence. Now it is time to
really serve up that tool
chest. To do so, we're moving
our global Waste
Conversion data into a
fancy new data management
system. From there, we'll feed
a cloud-based data server to
run those cool flat screens you
stare at to play this deadly
serious global game of waste
conversion for resource
recovery.
We're not there yet, but we're
working on it - we already have
a Big Data starter-set. We know
where each ear-tagged game
piece is located, where it fits
in the global marketplace, and
what they are doing right now.
We're adding a layer that
indicates how
commercial
each
piece is in real time, a
"Commercial Readiness Level".
We call that middle part a
"Live Catalogue". Now we're
working out the front-end Cloud
Server to Engagement Portal
stage. Oh yeah - and we're
looking for funding, partners,
and beta-testers. Wanna
play?
Hey Rube!
It's been a pretty light news
week. Everyone is preparing for
the Holidaze, it seems, and
we've been a tad busy working
out the kinks in developing and
funding this Garbage to Goods,
Waste to Wealth game. That
doesn't mean important things
aren't going on. Check out the
work that the Bioenergy
Association of California has
been up to, detailing out the
importance of renewable natural
gas. Call up and congratulate
the awardees of CalRecycle's
recent grant round. Heck, call
up CalRecycle, and thank 'em
for putting their collective
shoulder, and some solid Money,
behind the Waste Conversion
wheel. Admirable work,
there.
This Week's Top Story
Renewable
Energy Group Cuts Ribbon at
Geismar Biorefinery in
Louisiana
Renewable Energy Group, Inc
(REG) celebrated the grand
opening of its Geismar
biorefinery in Louisiana
yesterday, which began
producing renewable hydrocarbon
diesel (RHD) in
commercial-scale quantities on
October 14, 2014.
11/20/2014
The Week's News
CalRecycle
Proposes $19.5MM in Awards
for Organics and Recycling
Projects
The California Department of
Resources Recycling and
Recovery (CalRecycle) has
announced $19.5 million in
proposed grant awards from the
state’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
Reduction Fund.
11/20/2014
North London
to Replace Edmonton EfW
Plant with Energy Recovery
Facility
The North London Waste
Authority (NLWA) has announced
the start of the North London
Heat and Power Project - a
£450-500 million Energy
Recovery Facility at the
Edmonton EcoPark in the London
Borough of Enfield.
11/20/2014
Bio Base
Europe Pilot Plant Offers
SME Support for Bio-Based
Innovations
Small and medium sized
enterprises (SMEs) can now
access ‘Innovation Coupons’
worth up to 30.000€ to assess
the feasibility of an
innovative bio-based process at
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in
Northwestern Europe (Bio Base
NWE) in Ghent, Belgium.
11/19/2014
WELTEC
Builds Multiple Biogas
Plants in
Greece
WELTEC BIOPOWER has announced
that it has installed seven
stainless-steel biogas plants
with a total capacity of 2.75
MW in Greece so far, and is in
the process of rolling out four
additional biogas projects with
its distribution partner
Tetoros Machinery S.A.
11/19/2014
Lockheed
Martin and Concord Blue Plan
New Bioenergy Facility in
Germany
Lockheed Martin and Concord
Blue have announced a new
contract to build a power
generation facility that will
provide a new, clean energy
source to meet the needs of
5,000 homes and businesses in
Herten, Germany.
11/19/2014
BAC Releases
Report on Decarbonizing
California's Natural Gas
Sector
The Bioenergy Association of
California (BAC) has released a
report on Decarbonizing the Gas
Sector: Why California
Needs a Renewable Gas Standard,
that presents a strategy to
reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, increase energy
security and jobs, and
diversify California’s energy
sector.
11/18/2014
Energy
Vision's Leadership Awards
Will Honor Waste-to-Fuels
Champions
The national non-profit
organization Energy Vision will
present its 2014 Leadership
Awards in the renewable energy
field on November 18, 2014 in
Manhattan's West Village.
11/17/2014
European
Waste Management Industry
Supports Circular Economy
Package
The European Federation of
Waste Management and
Environmental Services (FEAD)
representing the private waste
management industry has come
out in strong support of the
recently released Circular
Economy Package proposed by the
European Commission (EC).
11/17/2014
Black &
Veatch, EFT Combine Forces
for Multi-Feedstock
Conversion
Projects
Black & Veatch has entered
into a broad Cooperative
Agreement with Emerging Fuels
Technology, Inc (EFT) to
provide the engineering,
procurement, and contracting
(EPC) wrap for EFT's
multi-feedstock conversion
gasification-to-catalysis
platform.
11/17/2014
Global
Bioenergies Runs First
Successful Bio-Isobutene
Industrial
Trial
France based Global Bioenergies
has successfully carried out
the first isobutene production
trial in its industrial pilot
of Pomacle-Bazancourt.
11/17/2014
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