Waste-to-energy firm Ze-Gen gets $4.5 million
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Blog: The company plans to open a test facility later this month which will use gasification to convert waste to electricity.
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(InfoWorld) - The EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance), a trade group representing manufacturers of tech products, has come up with a recycling agreement supported by both television and computer hardware makers, it said Thursday. The agreement, covering TV sets, computer monitors, desktops, and laptops sold to consumers, is the first e-waste plan supported by a consensus of TV and IT hardware manufacturers, said Matthew Flanigan, the EIA's interim president and CEO. EIA members will use the agreement to push for the U.S. Congress to pass a consistent national e-waste policy, EIA officials said. Five states have passed electronics recycling laws, and all of those laws differ significantly, said Richard Goss, EIA's vice president of environmental affairs. Congress "is our preferred venue for getting this issue resolved," Goss said. "I don't think it serves anyone's interest -- the manufacturers, the retailers, the recyclers, the general public alike -- to have this patchwork of state approaches." Under the EIA plan, retailers of TV sets would collect a recycling fee when the sets are purchased. That fee, not yet determined, could give the entire cost of transport and recycling for televisions. For computer hardware, manufacturers would be required to offer "reasonably convenient" recycling services at no cost to consumers. Several IT hardware makers have already instituted recycling programs, while most TV set makers have not. The TV fee would be temporary to help pay for the recycling of the millions of TV sets already sold, EIA officials said. The EIA will share the agreement with members of Congress interested in e-waste issues. One bill in Congress, introduced in January by Representative Mike Thompson, a California Democrat, would establish a recycling program through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The recycling fee could not be more than $10 per piece of hardware. Several manufacturers praised the agreement. The plan is an "important step forward in achieving industry consensus," Matt Krupnick, public policy counsel for Dell, said in a statement. The agreement would require manufacturers to keep recycling records and to use recyclers that meet environmental management standards. Another part of the agreement calls for manufacturers to meet hazardous materials restrictions established by the European Union's Restriction on Hazardous Substances directive and a similar California statute. It's important for manufacturers marketing products worldwide to have similar requirements in the countries they sell to, Goss said.
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By Erin Nicholes, The Montana Standard, Butte  Sep. 21--Renewable Energy Corp. is planning a $50 million project that  will boost polysilicon production at its Butte plant, company officials said  Thursday.
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British waste-collection firm Biffa  has received a counter-approach worth around 1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) from a fund backed by General Electric , said sources familiar with the matter.
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An environmentally minded California software firm says it will give $5,000 to every one of its 1,500 US workers who buys a gas-electric hybrid vehicle rated 45 miles per gallon or more in highway driving.
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Oct. 22 -- The US Department of Energy has awarded a $235 million grant to help fund the development of a clean, advanced technology coal-fired power plant near Orlando, Fla.
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Synthesia (Pardubice, Czech Republic), chemical company, has over 1 mil t of waste from chemical production at its plant. The waste, which comes mainly from the 1950's-the 1990's, should be disposed by 2010. The removal of the waste, which will be paid by the state, will cost, more than CEK 3 bil.
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South Korea will invest 5.73 trillion won ($6.14 billion) to build two nuclear plants of 1.4 million kilowatts each by 2013-2014, Seoul's energy ministry said on Wednesday.
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H-P is funding a project to investigate how electronic waste can be disposed of in a safer and more environmentally friendly way.
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French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France announced their long-awaited merger on Monday, creating the world&#39;s fourth biggest energy company by market capitalisation.
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The Zeo runs purely on batteries. It's a direction the other big makers are not so keen about.
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The energy firm projects sturdy future EBITDA growth.
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National Grid Transco, the Britain-based deliverer of energy, announced it has agreed to sell four of its gas distribution networks to consortia in cash deals worth 5.8 billion pounds.
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The government said Tuesday it has earmarked 50 million Singapore dollars (34.5 million US) to fund research on clean energy, such as solar power, over the next five years.
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Energy firms lured by incentives on carbon emissions and radioactive waste
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PDG Environmental, Inc. (OTC BB: PDGE), a leading provider of  environmental remediation and specialty contracting services, announced  today that it has been awarded a number of contracts valued, in  aggregate, at $7.5 million.
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Business software maker completes fourth round of funding.