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NOTE: Burning gargbage is not considered 'alternative power'.

On this page one finds companies that make power from flare gas, landfill gas, wood waste biomass, and waste plastic to fuel.

  • Systech-info about burning hazardous + non-hazardous waste as fuel in cement kilns.

    FLARE GAS TO POWER


    • Alberta Energy Corp. honourable mention, (now Encana), for pipeline flow-testing innovation instead of flaring the gas. also in regards to the NanPaz project in Ecuador.
    • Altek Power- APK on TSX.V, Williston Green Flared Gas Electrical Generation Facility (<1MW), also biomass.
    • Boralex Inc.- BLX.A, BLX.DB on TSX, operates a power station in Ecuador that takes flared gas to make power, also has hydro and wastewood power plants in Canada and USA. also wind in France.
    • Fluor Corporation-FLR on NYSE, technical partner to see-Man Group Associated Gas and Global Environment Fund. see also-news story july 18, 2008.
    • Man Group-EMG on LON, investment firm, subsidiary MTM Capital Partners will manage the Associated Gas and Global Environment Fund in partnership with the Abu Dhabi government-owned International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) which will invest in projects that capture flared gas.
    • Maxim Power Corp.-MXG on TSX.V, Gift Lake flared gas power production. also biomass/landfill gas power, co-gen, Majority of revenue is from diesel electric operations in Cambodia. March 2010 amalgamated with Earthfirst Canada Inc (see-wind).
    • Photon Control Inc-PHO on TSX.V, gas flow meters for flare stacks, 8-30", 150m/s, 300psi.
    • LINKS
    • Advanced Furnace Optimization and Flaring Reduction- October 4-6, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, by UNI Strategic Pte Ltd.
    • GGFR-World Bank Global Gas Flaring Reduction Project
    • Global Forum on Flaring Reduction + Gas Utilization- Dec 3-5, 2008, Amsterdam
    • Flares on YouTube
    • Billion Dollar Bonfire- a movie about 150 billion cubic metres of gas burnt off or 'flared' every year.
    • Earth Report documentary about wasted flare gas.

    LANDFILL GAS TO POWER


    • Energy Developments Ltd-ENE on ASX, landfill gas power, remote area power, coal mine methane power.
    • Maxim Power Corp.-MXG on TSX.V, Gift Lake flared gas power production. also biomass/landfill gas power, co-gen, Majority of revenue is from diesel electric operations in Cambodia.
    • Novera Energy- NVE on ASX, 79MW at 40 sites in UK, 50% of Novera Macquarie Renewable Energy Ltd which bought out landfill assets of United Utilities Green Energy in UK. TXU owns +20% of Novera. formerly Primergy.
    • Viridis Clean Energy Group-VIR on ASX, 31MW landfill gas at 6 sites in Texas, plus 33 landfill gas power plants in portfolio. see also wind.
    • Waste Management Inc-WMI on NYSE, Think Green
    • Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group-xxx on TSE, Kawasaki Plant Systems to build Hofu City Clean Center in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

    WOOD WASTE BIOMASS TO POWER


  • Note: refers to wood waste that is a byproduct of some other process, not the burning of wood in general. Power from burning wood is not considered green power in most ERC systems. (exceptions: Michigan and the first power generator certified under Canada's then new EcoLogo system for a facility in Whitecourt Alberta). Wood waste is a maybe but would need a 'Source-of-Origin' label.
    • Boralex Inc.- BLX.A, BLX.DB on TSX, operates a power station in Ecuador that takes flared gas to make power, also has hydro and wastewood power plants in Canada and USA. also wind in France (Chepy windfarm). 2010 to buy see-Boralex Power Income Fund.
    • Boralex Power Income Fund- BPT.UN on TSX, ten generating stations in Quebec and USA, biomass, co-gen, hydro. 2010 to be bought by see-Boralex Inc.
    • China EnerSave-531 on SIN Singapore, has 3 biomass to energy plants, to build 20 in China. Carbon Credits deal with EcoSecurities.
    • Drayton Valley Power Income Fund- was DVA.UN on TSX, bought by Algonquin Power Income Fund (APF.UN on TSX) 2001. indep. hydro and wastewood power producer. Financial troubles in 2001.
    • Energy Developments- ENE.AX on Australian Exchange, waste to energy projects.
    • Environmental Power Corp- EPG on AMEX, biomass.
    • formerly www.renrg.com - Renewable Energy Corp- formerly REL.AX on ASX, Australia, waste to energy converters for industrial on site power production.

    WASTE PLASTIC TO FUEL


    • Axiom Energy Ltd-AXE on ASX, IPO 09/2005; plastic to fuel via tech from Ozmotech Pty Ltd.

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