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By Linda Beaulieu; Montgomery Herald
Coffee grounds, eggshells, greasy paper towels and disposable diapers. All that stuff you can’t recycle that ends up buried in the Uwharrie Regional Landfill is getting a new, productive purpose - generating electricity.
Making use of the methane gas created by decomposing trash has always been part of the plan for Republic Services, rather than just flaring it off as has been done up to now. As of May 28, the methane has been used to generate electricity at the new Uwharrie Mountain Renewable Energy facility, across Landfill Road from the existing landfill and next to the old, unlined county landfill that is still producing methane many years after its closure.
The effort is a joint project of landfill operator Republic Services; facility operator DTE Biomass Energy, a division of Michigan-based DTE Energy; and Duke Energy Progress, which has a 15-year contract with DTE.
Clean Energy Takes CNG Deeper Into New England
By Michael Bates; Next-Gen Transportation News
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has completed a new compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station in New Hampshire - its first in the state - that will be supplying twice as much CNG as any other Clean Energy facility.
In addition to providing fuel for fleet vehicles, the Pembroke, N.H., station is a primary supply location for NG Advantage LLC's unique business model: bringing CNG to large energy users that are not located on a natural gas distribution network. In turn, these customers - hospitals, factories, etc. - can shift from using fuel oil or propane to natural gas via NG Advantage's "virtual pipeline."
EPA’s Revised Renewable Fuels Standard Creates New Markets For Old "Waste"
By Bernadette M. Rappold, Douglas E. Lamb and Dale G. Mullen; McGuireWoods
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that is likely to substantially increase production of certain kinds of valuable renewable fuels and create new markets for materials previously regarded as waste. Several of the key changes adopt comments submitted by McGuireWoods LLP on behalf of clients.
California Keeps Crushing America’s Clean Energy And Tech Rankings
By Silvio Marcacci; CleanTechnica.com
The saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats, and when it comes to clean energy and technology in America, the tide certainly looks like it’s coming in.
California once again dominates the Clean Edge 2014 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index, outpacing all other states by an order of magnitude and increasing the ranks of its major cities compared to all other metro regions.
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