Idle Hawaiian coal plant to be converted to biomass
By Ryan C. Christiansen
January 01, 1970
Powerful Relationships-It's the Talk of Tualco Valley
By Ryan C. Christiansen / Photos by Matt Hagen
January 01, 1970
In the Pacific Northwest, a cooperative effort among environmentalists, dairy farmers and local Indian tribes to produce renewable energy is proving that we can all just get along.
Trash Tactics in Iraq
By Anna Austin
January 01, 1970
As would be expected, the 140,000 U.S. troops stationed overseas generate a lot of trash. To help bases dispose of that trash, scientists from Purdue University teamed up with the U.S. Army to develop a generator that runs on packaging and food waste and produces fuel and power.
Giving Back
By Bryan Sims
January 01, 1970
Manoj Sinha's dream of providing power to areas of his native India where limited or no electricity is available has become a reality. He and his partners started Husk Power Systems to develop a process to convert rice husks into electricity to supply impoverished rural Indian villages.
Waste Not, Want Not
By Jessica Ebert
January 01, 1970
California researchers and technology developers are commercializing a process that treats solid organic wastes such as grass clippings, food scraps, food processing byproducts, crop residues and animal wastes, and converts the materials into biogas that can be used to generate electricity, heat and transportation fuel.
Power and Fuel From Plastic Wastes
By Ron Kotrba
January 01, 1970
An extraordinary amount of plastic occupies landfill space worldwide. Like a time capsule this could tell future generations an awful lot about us. Work by a few creative and resourceful people may change the message we choose to leave.
Determining the Ownership of Landfill Gas
By James E. Goddard and Patrick Beaton
January 01, 1970
The process of collecting methane from landfills is gaining momentum throughout the country. The question remains: Who really owns the gas?
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