Turning windows into solar collectors is the kind of disruptive technology that can revolutionize energy generation and consumption…

July 21, 2018

Science on the Hill: Turning windows into solar panels — Quantum dots are nanoscale particles that can be custom-designed to absorb sunlight in glass windows without altering the view except for a slight color-neutral Continue reading →

In business, sweating the small stuff (read “fundamentals”) really does matter, even to the “big” hitters.

March 13, 2018

Here’s a photo of Babe Ruth doing something I never thought I’d see —

It’s striking, isn’t it?

I mean, here we have Babe Ruth, the most prolific long ball hitter ever, the man who made the Home Run Continue reading →

Turning Landfill Into Energy…..Gasification’s Time May Have Arrived

March 8, 2018

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Turning Landfill Into Energy

Advanced gasification methods can turn any waste except metal and rubble into fuel for electricity. Credit: Pixabay/ Prylarer

Landfill is both ugly and polluting. But a new breed of technology promises to make it Continue reading →

Railway Ties for Gasification. This May Get a Bit of a Push-back.

March 6, 2018

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Railroad tie gasification plant considered for Brooks

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Brooks mayor Barry Morishita told Alberta CARE (Coordinated Action for Recycling Enterprises) spring conference attendees a railroad tie gasification for usable energy project is being considered in the Continue reading →

The Shipping Industry Also Wants In On The Action..District Heating

March 2, 2018

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A ferry docking in Gothenburg several times a week, Stena Danica will be connected to the district heating system when in the harbour. There are already possibilites available to connect ships at the quay to the electrical grid, but heating Continue reading →

Pairing cheap and abundant land with the NIMBY process, waste-to-energy (WTE), anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas projects are a tough sell

February 22, 2018

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Report: U.S. WTE flat in 2017, including ‘virtually no new financing’

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The 2018 Factbook from the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows slow growth in 2017 Continue reading →

“Clean Coal” Has Been Labeled An Oxymoron…It is time for more ideas

February 16, 2018

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The Time Of Clean Coal Is Now Here

Sidel Global’s Affordable Carbon Capture System via YouTube

Could petroleum coke, a byproduct of upgrading and a material that is almost pure carbon, be used to treat tailings?

January 3, 2018

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Sometimes the simplest discoveries can also be the most profound: new water technology pioneered by Syncrude Canada Ltd.

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Cement: The material that built the modern world is also destroying it. Here’s a fix.

December 22, 2017

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Remarkably, the material that built the first modern civilization remains key to building today’s global economy. The cement we use in 2017 is not so different from the stuff used to build the concrete dome of the Roman Pantheon in Continue reading →

Longmont second city in Colorado to convert sewage byproduct into fuel via anaerobic digester “AD”

December 17, 2017

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A methane flare at the Longmont Wastewater Treatment Plant, where installation of a biogas cleaning system will facilitate turning the methane into usable

A methane flare at the Longmont Wastewater Treatment Plant, where installation of a biogas cleaning system will facilitate turning the methane into usable natural gas. (Adam Butt / Courtesy photo)

Come 2019, Longmont’s trash trucks will be powered Continue reading →