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Xergi signs contract with a United States municipal corporation
Xergi has signed a contract with the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) for the establishment of a new biogas plant in the United States. The biogas plant, Hometown BioEnergy, will be built with gas fired CHP engines with a total output of 8 MW electrical power. Hometown BioEnergy will be built in Le Sueur, Minnesota and will produce biogas from agricultural and food processing wastes such as sweet corn silage, potato waste and chicken manure. We are very proud that we will now be working w...
Innovation Gauntlet Laid Down as EIC Announces Access to £29.2m Funding for UK Innovators
The Energy Innovation Centre today revealed access to £29.2m of funding for innovators and companies looking to bring new ideas for tomorrow’s energy industry to market. Available from February 2012, the funding can be accessed via the Energy Innovation Centre and investments will be selected by five of the UK’s leading electricity distribution companies Electricity North West, Northern Power Grid, ScottishPower Energy Networks, Scottish and Southern Energy and UK Power Networks. These major pl...
Linde Engineering Dresden purchases CHOREN’s Carbo-V®-Technology
Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH has acquired the Carbo-V® Technology of the insolvent Choren Industries GmbH, Freiberg from the insolvency administrator Dr. Bruno M. Kübler. The Carbo-V® Technology constitutes a multi-stage biomass gasification technology. During the first process stage, the biomass reacting in a Low Temperature Gasifier (LTG) is converted to biocoke and carbonization gas. The second process stage comprises the partial oxidation of the carbonization gas that takes place in a High...
New Manufacturing Plant in Tianjin, China
Reichhold (USA) launched its new manufacturing facility in Tianjin in northern China in December 2011. With 20 manufacturing sites and five technology centres across the globe, Reichhold has further strengthened its presence in the global market with its entry into this large and rapidly growing market. The facility is set up with a planned annual production capacity of 38,000 MT but with a potential expansion to 60,000 MT. The plant will produce a full Reichhold composites product line, includi...
A New Era Dawns for Mobile Vacuum Company
Jet-Vac Systems (UK), based in Port Talbot, has taken advantage of equity investment from Finance Wales to fund a management buyout of the Company, following the retirement of founder Nigel Drane. Established in 1989, Jet-Vac provides specialist industrial cleaning services to the petrochemical, power and utilities markets, and counts a number of high profile companies among its wide customer base. The new management team – Geraint Jones, Richard Wells, Paul Williams and Kevin Viant – has focuse...
Launch of a Full Service H2S Treatment in the Middle East
Oil and gas producers in the Middle East are experiencing the challenges of producing resources laden with Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) first hand. Working in this environment, companies must account for the increased risks to the safety of workers and corroding equipment in their project operating costs. Product recovery and flaring during well operations have a significant impact on the environment and are difficult to manage when H2S is present. AMGAS Services has created innovative ways to safely...
New Beacon Program to Lead the Future of Energy Efficiency in Carbon Fiber Processing
Harper International (USA), world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, announced today the launch of Beacon, a ground-breaking new program offering Carbon Fibre manufacturers the ability to evaluate the carbon footprint of their manufacturing process and identify opportunities for improvement. With its extensive experience in the industry since the market’s inception, Harper has developed a model that analyses various plant configurations and capacities, precursors, int...
Hannover Messe 2012 Focuses on Sustainability
By adopting “greentelligence” as its keynote theme, HANNOVER MESSE 2012 has put the spotlight squarely on green technologies as a central growth driver for industry. Manufacturers the world over are facing an enormous challenge. To remain competitive in the long term, their products and processes have to be sustainable, environmentally friendly and efficient. HANNOVER MESSE 2012, which runs from 23 to 27 April, will help them rise to this challenge by providing them with a technology platform th...
Superconducting City at Hannover Messe 2012
The group presentation “SuperConducting City” at HANNOVER MESSE has become an international meeting place of the superconducting sector. In Hall 13 companies and research organisations from all over the world showcase their products and research findings for superconducting applications in power generation and transmission, drive systems, grid protection and manufacturing industry. SuperConducting City benefits from its close links with the flagship fair “Energy”, which takes place simultaneousl...
On-Site Plants for Sadara’s Major Chemical Complex in Saudi Arabia
The technology group The Linde Group and Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) recently signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) at a chemical complex now being built by Sadara in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which will be the world’s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase. The on-site gases supply contract includes a HyCO facility for the production of CO and H2 plus an ammonia plant. Linde will be investing US $...
Convert Waste into Euros
UNTHA shredding technology (Austria) will present its Magic Shredder at IFAT 2012 for the first time. This shredder is capable of turning waste products directly into Euro coins. Trade visitors can watch the shredder's unique abilities live and also have the chance to win a Vienna Philharmonics gold coin with a value of 340.- Euros. The "Magic Shredder" concept is used to express the excellent performance of UNTHA's entire RS product line and demonstrates how reliably and smoothly waste can be t...
Expert Guide to Spill Contaminent and Control
Pollution incidents caused by accidental spills occur every day – sometimes the pollutants put human health at risk and they often cause environmental damage and devastate wildlife habitats. All businesses are responsible for complying with environmental regulations and for preventing pollution of the air, land or water. Many thousands of pollution incidents occur each year. Each incidence is an offence which can result in prosecution and expensive fines including the costs for cleaning up any e...