Energy

In February, a former waste-to-energy plant in Columbus, Ohio was imploded. Each of the plant's three stacks stood roughly 270 feet tall. Approximately 40 pounds of dynamite were used to implode each stack. The stacks fell upon one another as they...

Section 45 tax credits for landfill-gas-to-energy (LFGE) projects soon could be extended if President George W. Bush has his way. In his proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2006, Bush wants to extend the placed-in-service dates for LFGE...

THE WASTE-TO-ENERGY (WTE) industry has returned to the nation's renewable energy radar screen, thanks to recent tax credit legislation. Among various corporate tax measures, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 authorizes the Internal Revenue...

Washington — In his proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2006, President George W. Bush includes an extension of the Section 45 tax credits for landfill-gas-to-energy (LFGE) projects. The credits currently apply to LFGE and waste-to-energy (WTE...

GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT doesn't accurately describe what happens at more than 340 U.S. landfills that operate landfill-gas-to-energy (LFGE) systems. Those landfills have transformed their decaying garbage into a renewable energy resource. In doing...

A METHANE RECOVERY PROGRAM that will offer private businesses opportunities abroad is up and running. In November, government officials from the United States and 13 other countries gathered in Washington, D.C., for three days of meetings to...

Framingham, Mass. — Ameresco Inc., Framingham, Mass., is joining with Santa Cruz County, Calif., in a landfill-gas-to-energy project. Under the terms of the agreement, the firm will build a plant at the county’s Buena Vista Landfill. The plant is...

Silver Spring, Md. — The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has joined with representatives of other renewable energy industries to lobby for an extension and increase of tax credits for all renewable energy sources, including...

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, D.C., is proposing new rules to reduce the emission of air pollutants from "other solid waste incinerators" (OSWI), the last remaining category of waste incinerators...

A SEVEN-YEAR EFFORT by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Md., to reinstate tax credits for landfill gas-to-energy (LFGE) projects was realized when President George W. Bush signed H.R. 4520 into law on Oct. 28...