Energy from waste

AES buys landfill gas project in El Salvador

May 12, 2008 - News Brief - The company plans to install and operate energy generation equipment to provide up to 25 megawatts of renewable energy.
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Vertical farms for food and restoration

May 5, 2008 - Exclusive - Dickson Despommier of Columbia University believes vertical farms could help cities develop locally grown and inexpensive food sources.Full Story »

AEP looking for more renewable power

May 1, 2008 - News Brief - The company's Oklahoma subsidiary put out a request for proposals for up to 200 megawatts of renewable energy.Full Story »

Waste Management, Linde to build landfill gas plant

April 30, 2008 - News Brief - The companies say the California facility would be the world's largest plant converting landfill gas to vehicle fuel.Full Story »

Tactical biorefineries go to Iraq

April 29, 2008 - Exclusive - The U.S. Army is testing the mettle of small-scale waste to energy machines in the hot and sandy war zone.Full Story »

Ridgewood to develop 35MW landfill gas project

April 23, 2008 - News Brief - The private equity firm said the $65 million project would expand its operation in Brea, Calif., up from five megawatts.
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Lighting, biofuels lead funding pack

March 20, 2008 - Exclusive - Cash flows for efficient lighting and cellulosic ethanol, but one company's offering gets cut, along with nine other deals spotted over the past week.Full Story »

IBM thinks renewable energy is a game

IBM has introduced a 3D online multiplayer game to help teach kids about renewable energy.

IBM renewable energy game
  
No, you can't shoot things, but the game comes replete with a melting glacier.

Intended for use in and out of classrooms, PowerUp challenges teenagers to help save the planet "Helios" from ecological disaster.

Big returns for Shenzhen Topraysolar?

February 14, 2008 - Exclusive - Company aims for China's first domestic solar IPO. Details on this and 10 other deals in our weekly roundup of cleantech financings.Full Story »
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Don't reinvent the wheel — cleantech startups should engage E&Cs.
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