Coverage of facilities that process municipal solid waste and convert it energy through mass burn, refuse derived fuel, gasification or other technologies.
Several years ago, former Vice-President Al Gore appeared on Saturday Night Live and, in a skit based on the premise that he won the 2000 election and was addressing the nation from the Oval Office, said that he had mandated that cars run on trash...
Houston-based Waste Management has opened a waste-to-energy facility at the company’s Austin Community Landfill in Austin, Texas. The facility will generate electricity that will power more than 40 percent of the Dell Inc. headquarters in Round...
Fairfield, N.J.-based Covanta Energy Corp., has announced that seven of its waste-to-energy facilities earned memberships into the National Performance Track program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The facilities are located in...
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is turning to an energy source that it should never run out of: animal dung. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, "In about two years, when the plan is fully implemented, the elephant and giraffe houses...
Covanta Holding Corp., Fairfield, N.J., has received a permit modification from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to increase the daily amount of solid waste its waste-to-energy facility in Delaware County, Pa., receives and...
Covanta Holding Corp., Fairfield, N.J., has announced a joint venture with with Guangzhou Development Industry Co., (GDIH) a Chinese power company, to develop waste-to-energy facilities in the Guangdong Providence of China. Covanta has a 40...
FREDERICK COUNTY, Md., wants to reduce the use of fossil fuels to produce electricity for its homes and businesses. Currently, 90 percent of the county's electricity comes from coal-fired power plants, while solar, wind and geothermal power...
Waste Management, Houston, has announced plans to expand its landfill gas to energy practices adding 60 new facilities over the next five years. Its goal is to open 10 new facilities as well as begin developing 10 more by 2008...
Covanta Holding, Fairfield, N.J., has announced a 10-year agreement with the Harrisburg Authority to operate its waste-to-energy facility in Harrisburg, Pa. The agreement pays Covanta an annual fee of $10.5 million (subject to annual escalation)...
