Newest Cash Crop – Clean Energy

Joanna Schroeder

Farmers and small business have found a crop to make them more money – clean energy. This according to a recent report from the Environmental Lay & Policy Center (ELPC) which just released “Farm Energy Success Stories” that demonstrate how a farm or small rural business adopted clean energy technologies and cut energy costs. Examples cited in the report include …

biomass, Electricity, Energy, Geothermal, Solar, Wind

S4 Energy Solutions Announces Plasma Gasification Project

Joanna Schroeder

S4 Energy Solutions has recently announced plans to develop a plasma gasification facility at Waste Management’s Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, Oregon. The facility will covert municipal solid waste into clean fuels and renewable energy. Construction is beginning in early summer and the plant will be online by the end of this year. During construction, 28 people will be employed …

Electricity, Energy, Ethanol, Hydrogen, Waste-to-Energy

Greenhouse Gas Services Acquires StormFisher

Joanna Schroeder

Virgina-based Greenhouse Gas Services, a company that invests in and develops projects that reduce greenhouse gases, announced today that it has acquired Toronto-based StormFisher Ltd. StormFisher operates projects in North America focusing on turning food or agricultural byproducts into natural gas and electricity. As part of the deal, StormFisher investor Denham Capital is now an investor in Greenhouse Gas Services …

biogas, Electricity, Energy, Utilities