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World’s largest pork company to convert pig manure into renewable natural gas

Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy announced a joint venture partnership on Tuesday to trap methane from hog waste and convert it into power for heating homes and generating electricity RICHMOND: The world’s largest pork company is teaming up with a major energy company to turn pig manure into renewable natural gas. Smithfield Foods and Dominion […]

The government aims to boost ethanol without evidence that it saves money or helps the environment

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) André Boehman, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump has promised his supporters in Iowa that the federal government will take a step that may increase corn ethanol sales. This plant-derived fuel, which comprises about 10 percent of […]

Japan generates electricity by recycling 80 ton per day of food waste

Japan has introduced a new technology to generate electricity by recycling waste food. JFE Engineering Corporation has established a new company called ‘J Bio Food Recycle’ with the cooperation of wholly-owned subsidiary, JFE Kankyo Corporation, also in a joint project with East Japan Railway Company and JR East Environment Access. This project began as a […]

DNV GL successfully completed technical due diligence for 25 MW Windfloat Atlantic floating wind project

Technical Due Diligence helped secure EUR 60 million from the European Investment Bank to become world’s first project-financed floating wind farm OSLO, Norway: DNV GL, the world’s largest independent energy advisory and certification body, has successfully completed a lenders’ technical due diligence on the 25 MW Windfloat Atlantic project, the biggest floating wind farm in […]

Moving beyond coal for green power: How to create an alternative economy using DMF funds in coal mining areas

The existing overcapacity, coupled with increasing non-competitiveness of coal power plants, means that the country doesn’t need to construct new coal power plants till 2027. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels has come as a clarion call, warning us of the […]

Know the 8 missions of govt under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)

The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) is a govt document that includes eight ambitious goals set for the country to achieve. Published in 2008 by the then-Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change (Government of India), the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) aims at creating awareness among the representatives of the public, […]

New partnership will promote carbon capture technology to help meet climate challenge

Høvik/Mongstad, Norway: The world’s largest testing facility for carbon capture, TCM, has signed a collaborative agreement with DNV GL to deliver advisory and verification services for CO2 capture technology. Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) and DNV GL have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support carbon capture technologies New global advisory partnership will offer advisory […]