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SEAT reduces waste by 34% since 2010, expects to achieve 60% reduction by 2025

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Since 2010, SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, has improved its production-related environmental footprint by 34% on average with measures to emit less CO 2 and fewer volatile organic compounds, generate less waste and consume less water and energy. less waste. and 30.9%, respectively. and 30.9%, respectively.

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Commissioning of Westinghouse plasma biomass gasifier at waste to liquids facility in China

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announced that Wuhan Kaidi, which purchased a Westinghouse Plasma gasifier design, and plasma torch systems, from Alter NRG in 2010, has successfully completed the commissioning of the unit at its demonstration facility in Wuhan, China. Alter NRG Corp.

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INEOS Bio Begins Advanced Waste-to-Ethanol Plant Feasibility Study

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The INEOS Bio waste-to-ethanol process, originally developed by BRI. When completed, the feasibility study will inform an investment decision in 2010 for a commercial INEOS Bio bio-ethanol and bio-energy plant. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). million (US$5.9 million (US$3.7 This is subsequently blended into gasoline.

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Government of Québec to invest $27M in Enerkem/Greenfield Ethanol waste-to-biofuels plant

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This facility will be built and operated by a joint venture partnership formed by Enerkem, a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, and GreenField Ethanol, Canada’s largest ethanol company. In 2010, the Government of Canada announced it would provide up to C$79.75 Earlier post.).

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Linde and Waste Management receive California Governor’s award for landfill gas to LNG facility

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The world’s largest biofuel plant producing liquid natural gas from landfill gas has received a 2010 California Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award. Recognized in the category of Sustainable Facility, the plant is located at Waste Management’s Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility near Livermore, California.

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US Army Awards SBIR Contract for Waste Heat Recovery Using a SuperTurbocharger Hybrid Engine

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for a project developing a waste heat recovery system using VanDyne’s SuperTurbocharger technology. In a paper being presented this week at the SAE 2010 World Congress, Chris Chadwell and Mark Walls from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) used 1-D simulation to show that a 2.0-liter SAE 2010-01-1231 ). Click to enlarge.

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Hydrogen Production from Waste Tires Using a Catalytic Pyrolysis-Gasification Process

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A team at the University of Leeds (UK) is investigating hydrogen production from waste tires using a two-stage pyrolysis-gasification reactor and Ni-Mg-Al (1:1:1) catalyst. The generation rate of waste tires is increasing, especially with the continued increase in production of cars and trucks, the authors note.

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