Sentences with phrase «renewable municipal waste»
Just over 13 percent of global energy is derived from renewable sources, 10.6 percent of which from combustible renewables and renewable municipal waste.
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Two years ago, bio-fuels such as methanol and municipal solid waste displaced hydroelectricity as the leading renewable energy source.
The Commission notes, however, that biodiesel is generally «compatible with existing distribution infrastructure» and outlines the potential of a newer process («thermal depolymerization») that produces renewable diesel without the above disadvantages, from «animal offal, agricultural residues, municipal solid waste, sewage, and old tires».
In late 2013, GM joined with Detroit Renewable Energy to announce a renewable energy project to turn solid municipal waste from the metropolitan Detroit area into process steam that will be used to heat and cool portions of Detroit - Hamtramck assembly plant, home of the ChevroRenewable Energy to announce a renewable energy project to turn solid municipal waste from the metropolitan Detroit area into process steam that will be used to heat and cool portions of Detroit - Hamtramck assembly plant, home of the Chevrorenewable energy project to turn solid municipal waste from the metropolitan Detroit area into process steam that will be used to heat and cool portions of Detroit - Hamtramck assembly plant, home of the Chevrolet Volt.
Our renewable energy team has extensive knowledge in biomass power facilities, including woody biomass boiler - fired and gasification plants, municipal waste - to - energy plants, biofuels plants, anaerobic digestion plants, biomass pelletization or torrefaction plants, and coal - to - biomass conversion facilities.
-- The term «renewable energy» means energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.
San Francisco has enforced new green building standards for all municipal construction projects, invested in renewable energy systems, pursed rigorous energy efficiency standards at City - owned properties and has moved closer to achieving zero waste sent to landfill.
These «biorefineries» will convert widely available, inexpensive, organic materials such as agricultural residues, high - content biomass crops, wood residues, and cellulose in municipal solid wastes into valuable and renewable end products.
Adam Schurle works with energy developers, owners and investors on wind, solar, geothermal, municipal solid waste and biomass, and other renewable energy projects, helping them qualify for federal, state and local tax incentives.
Maine is tied with four other states for the highest percentage of energy consumption from renewable resources and has the highest percentage of recycled solid municipal waste of the 50 states.