The News Review:
- American Water gets Texas desalination contract
- White Energy and Peabody Energy Enter Into Clean Coal Development …
- CADE Discovery Tour scheduled for Porto Portugal on May 28 to …
- Xcel Energy to launch Wisconsin biomass gasification plant
- Rentech to build renewable diesel green power plant
American Water gets Texas desalination contract
Bizjournals.com
It’s meant to provide additional fresh water for the 215000 residents of Laredo which is located in a semi-arid area on the Texas-Mexico border. Laredo is reaching the limit on the amount of water it can draw from the Rio Grande River and its ground water has been affected by salt intrusion. Terrabon and Applied Water Management which is based in Hillsborough N. expect to begin engineering work on the plant this month. They expect Applied Water Management to be operating it by the end of the year. Separately American Water (NYSE:AWK) said Wednesday its.
White Energy and Peabody Energy Enter Into Clean Coal Development …
PR Newswire (press release)
“Coal has been the fastest-growing fuel for each of the past five years and will continue to be the world’s primary source of electricity. We are pleased to be partnering with White Energy to develop a coal product with expanded market reach. Peabody and White Energy are proceeding with engineering design and permitting activities for the first plant that are expected to require up to 24 months. The plant would be built in phases with the first phase expected to produce more than 1 million tons of upgraded coal per year. Subsequent phases could increase plant capacity ultimately to more than 20 million tons annually. Peabody expects substantial global growth opportunities using this technology that will initially focus on applications in North America and China. John Atkinson Chief Executive fficer of White Energy said “The United States is a significant consumer of coal and public sentiment supports that we move to a market with viable clean coal options as soon as possible.
CADE Discovery Tour scheduled for Porto Portugal on May 28 to …
SYS-CN Media (press release)
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Xcel Energy to launch Wisconsin biomass gasification plant
Examiner.com
Xcel Energy plans to install biomass gasification technology at its Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland Wis. Following all state regulatory approvals engineering and design work is expected to begin in 2010 and the unit could be operational by late 2012. The company first announced its plans last ctober and the story was reported by Environmental Leader in February 2009. Xcel Energy has filed an application for a Certificate of Authority with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. When completed the project will convert the plant’s remaining coal-fired unit to biomass gasification technology allowing it to use 100 percent biomass in all three boilers.
Rentech to build renewable diesel green power plant
Biomass Magazine
recently unveiled plans to build a plant in Rialto Calif. for the production of synthetic fuels such as renewable diesel and electric power from waste biomass feedstocks. Rentech CE and President Hunt Ramsbottom gave an overview of the project during a conference call May 12 and provided details of what has been accomplished to date as well as a timeline of progress for the future. “The Rialto project is a result of the integration of the Rentech’s process with a biomass gasification technology provided by SilvaGas Corp.
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