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Covanta Energy to build UK waste-to-energy plantCovanta Energy plans to build a 70-megawatt waste-to-energy power plant in Merthyr, Wales, United Kingdom, which will produce enough electricity to power up to 180,000 homes. The facility is expected to process 875,000 tons of waste annually.READ MORE Iowa manufacturing veteran, Vermeer, dies at 90Gary Vermeer, 90, founder of Vermeer Corp., died Feb. 2 in Pella, Iowa. In 1948, he began Vermeer Manufacturing Co., which has grown into an international organization manufacturing agricultural, construction, environmental and industrial equipment.READ MORE Leschine receives Women to Watch AwardDr. Susan Leschine, founder of Qteros and a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will receive one of the top ten Women to Watch Awards by "Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology." Leschine discovered a unique microbe, now known as the Q Microbe, which can produce cellulosic ethanol from plant waste.READ MORE Maine Technology Institute funds fuel pellet projectsThe Maine Technology Institute, a private, non-profit organization created and funded by the state of Maine, has awarded $20,750 in grants for fuel pellet-related projects.READ MORE StormFisher, ECB Enviro to build Alberta biogas plantStormFisher Biogas and ECB Enviro North America are partnering to construct a 3.2-megawatt plant in Lethbridge, Alberta. The biogas facility will be powered by organic byproducts from local livestock operations, meat and food processing industries, restaurants and schools.READ MORE Pennsylvania to fund five biomass projectsPennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell recently announced the state will fund 49 clean energy and biofuel projects, including five relating to biomass-to-energy. Three of the grants were awarded to anaerobic digester projects.READ MORE USDA, DOE announce R&D grant opportunityThe USDA and U.S. DOE issued a joint funding opportunity announcement on Jan. 30, stating that up to $25 million will be granted to the research and development of technologies and processes to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products.READ MORE House: Stimulus bill includes biomass provisionsThe U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on Jan. 28. The stimulus bill includes a number of provisions relating to the renewable energy and biofuels industries, such as extending the production tax credit for biomass energy until 2013 and allocating $2 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy research, development, demonstration and deployment activities.READ MORE |
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