The News Review:
- Watercare Services Picks Up Engineering Honours
- Dublin EfW plant gets go ahead
- Hindustan Dorr bags order worth Rs 111cr
- Leezamax Capital Corp to Acquire Australian Biodiesel Company Axiom…
- Welcome to climate change central
- Biodiesel venture combines refining genetic engineering
Watercare Services Picks Up Engineering Honours
Scoop.co.nz – Scoop.co.nz (press release) – Nov 22, 2007
An innovative approach wasadopted to introduce new technology solutions that includedzero waste methane gas control as well as noise and odourreduction. “The design and installation of the newplant was complex and the project required considerablecreativity and ingenuity” said David Elms DistFIPENZConvenor of the Category Awards judging panel. “Some ofthe technological solutions had not previously beenimplemented in New Zealand or had not been integrated in oneplant on such a scale anywhere in the world. The use of ironsponge filters for example is cutting edge in worldterms”. The third New Zealand EngineeringExcellence Awards are the premier awards for New Zealandengineering professionals. The awards are presented in twomajor areas: Individual Awards that recognise leadershipentrepreneurship and our young engineers; and CategoryAwards that recognise achievement in the various industryareas together with a Supreme Award for the best of theCategory winners.
Dublin EfW plant gets go ahead
letsrecycle.com – Nov 22, 2007
end-ignore–>Dublin EfW plant gets go ahead. end-date–> Dublin's plans for an energy-from-waste plant capable of processing 600000 tonnes of waste each year have been given the go-ahead by Ireland's national planning board. The Irish capital's four councils – Dublin city Fingal Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin – want to build the £200 million Combined Heat and Power plant on the Poolbeg Peninsula Ringsend. Dublin city council is leading the bid to secure the facility which is expected to be fully operational by 2012 if work begins by early 2009 as planned. The city has signed a contract with US-owned energy from waste specialist Covanta Energy and Danish energy firm DNG Energy Generation to build the plant which will be funded through a Public Private Partnership initiative. The application submitted to the planning board – An Bord Pleanála – received 2500 objections and was opposed by some politicians including environment minister John Gormley in whose constituency the EfW plant will be built… The city's current recycling rate is 40% and its long-term aim is to recycle 59% of its waste send 16% to landfill and incinerate 25% of it in the EfW plant. This will provide 56 megawatts of electricity a year to the local grid – providing 50000 homes with electricty and 60000 homes with heating. For Dublin's waste management strategy the energy-from-waste plant is a key component in meeting European landfill diversion targets and John Singleton project engineer of the city council's environment and engineering department said "It would be very difficult to meet targets for 2013 without this". MBTpponents of the EfW had suggested some form of mechanical biological treatment but Mr Singleton said: "We have a problem with MBT. It's a series of technologies as well as different configurations. It produces a poor quality compost and a high calorific fraction which if you landfill you lose and if you burn it you have incineration. " The city has signed a contract with US-owned energy from waste specialist Covanta Energy and Danish energy firm DNG Energy Generation to build the plant which will be funded through a Public Private Partnership initiative.
Hindustan Dorr bags order worth Rs 111cr
Business Standard – Nov 22, 2007
50 crore in its environmental division for design supply engineering and construction of Integrated Effluent Treatment plant from Hindustan Petroleum. gif); background-repeat: repeat-x;” >.
Leezamax Capital Corp to Acquire Australian Biodiesel Company Axiom…
Market Wire (press release) – Nov 22, 2007
Axiom is an Australian company existing under the laws of the State of Victoria with an operational office located in Melbourne Victoria Australia. Axiom is a biodiesel company which is building a new state-of-the-art 150 million liter per year biodiesel plant (with the ability to upgrade to 300 million liters per year) at the Geelong Port in the State of Victoria Australia. Engineering work has begun permitting and EPA approvals are in place and commissioning is expected in Q1 2009. The Geelong Plant is strategically located to integrate into the well established distribution channels for diesel fuel in Victoria and the Plant Site is in close proximity to Shell Australia’s largest refinery. The superior logistical access to the Geelong Plant via water rail and road facilities provides efficient feedstock sourcing and biodiesel distribution on a global basis. A dedicated 30 million liter liquid bulk storage terminal will be built exclusively for Axiom by Terminals Pty Ltd one of Australia’s largest storage and terminal operators. Axiom has an offtake arrangement with a large International Trade Group and has already developed relationships with some large Victorian diesel users.
Welcome to climate change central
Western News – Nov 22, 2007
n the highest level of ‘containment’ research scientists willshower and dress in gowns before entering and exiting one of six biomes. Airwill be circulated through filter after filter after filter. A marvel ofengineering the research conducted in the Biotron will be unlike anything elseon the planet. Here a virtual United Nations of the scientific communitynumbering from100 to 150 people will conduct research and find answers. Answers to one of the most vital issues of the day: How will we live with thenow-inevitable impacts of a warming planet??The Biotron is an experimental change research facility” saysHuner. ?All the research done now the accumulated monitoring of climatechange is very important. However there is no way to determine cause andeffect relationships… But how??At ICLR we worry about these sorts of things” says McBean. According to him the answer at least in part is our ability to adapt. Weneed to adapt in all facets of our lives from the design of our houses to our watersupply to the crops we plant. ?We need to build in resilience” says McBean. ?We need torebuild in ways that account for the future rather than look to the past. If you think that trying to convince a politician that we needto start thinking about 50 or 100 years into the future is a tough sell McBeancouldn’t agree more. ?It is a difficult issue and a difficult sell” he says.
Biodiesel venture combines refining genetic engineering
Truth about Trade & Technology – Nov 22, 2007
Sustainable il planned to be formally announced Tuesday will continue the genetic research already performed by Targeted and sign contracts with farmers to grow its “Elite Camelina” plants. These farmers in turn will sell their output to Green Earth. Green Earth has a 90 million-gallon-a-year plant in Houston and has plans to build similar plants in the Northeastern U. “We want to be vertically integrated” said Green Earth CE Greg Bafalis. Big oil companies do the same thing by combining refinery operations with exploration in the same company he added.