Biogas results from the metabolic activity of microorganisms on organic matter. It is created in the biological processes in sewage treatment plants, waste landfills, and livestock manure management systems. Landfill gas is a type of…
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Burning Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Burning municipal solid waste (MSW) or garbage in waste-to-energy plants certainly results in less waste being buried in landfills. However, burning this garbage has the potential to produce air pollution and release chemicals into the…
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Sustainability Consulting
What is sustainability consulting? Sustainability can be defined as the avoidance of the depletion of natural resources to maintain an ecological balance. Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability…
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Algae Energy
Algae represent a potentially promising resource for energy and food production due to their high photosynthetic efficiency. An acre of land growing algae can produce 50 tons of biomass per acre compared to 1 to…
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Ash Disposal in Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plants
Ash from waste-to-energy plants often contains high concentrations of the various metals that were present in the original waste, and ash disposal is critical. As an example, textile dyes, printing inks, and ceramics may contain…
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Green Energy Consulting
What is green energy consulting? Green energy is defined as energy that comes from natural sources like sunlight, wind, rain, tides, plants, algae, and geothermal heat. These energy resources are renewable, meaning they are naturally…
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Gasification Consultant
Gasification is a process that involves heating biomass or other organic carbonaceous feedstocks to a temperature of > 700 ₒC without combusting the feedstock by starving the material of oxygen. A gasification consultant is an…
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Renewable Energy Consulting
All renewable energy has a degree of predictability and uncertainty, and the uncertainties are where renewable energy consulting firms can help. A renewable energy consulting firm has both knowledge and experience developing and/or producing one…
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Biofuels Plant
A biofuels plant is one that produces fuel from sugar and starch crops, fiber and grass cellulosic crops, oil crops, crop residues, manures, other organic wastes, and wood products. Biofuels are a class of renewable…
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Sustainability Experts
Large renewable energy and biochemical consulting firms normally have many different types of “sustainability experts” and offer a wide range of services in biofuels, biochemicals, biotechnologies, biomaterials, synthetic biology commercialization, feedstocks, and hemp/cannabis. These experts…
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