Enerkem Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:50:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Enerkem, Canada’s New Waste-to-Biofuel Plant, Ready for Expansion https://www.greenoptimistic.com/enerkem-canadas-new-waste-to-biofuel-plant-ready-for-expansion-20121030/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/enerkem-canadas-new-waste-to-biofuel-plant-ready-for-expansion-20121030/#respond Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:50:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27387 Enerkem, a clean-technology company founded in 2000 and based in Quebec, Canada, is currently constructing its first industrial-scale waste-to-biofuel plant at Edmonton’s Waste Management Center at the Goldbar landfill site and seeking for engineers and technical staffs to hire. It is expected to be complete by late winter, with an opening set for mid-2013, while […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/enerkem-canadas-new-waste-to-biofuel-plant-ready-for-expansion-20121030/feed/ 0 27387 Enerkem: World's First Industrial-Sized Waste to Biofuel Plant To Begin Operating Next Year https://www.greenoptimistic.com/enerkem-biofuel-plant-20100924/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/enerkem-biofuel-plant-20100924/#respond Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:35:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=10647 A Canadian company plans to begin construction of a new industrial-sized plant that will be capable to transform non-recyclable waste into biofuel. Dubbed Enerkem, the plant, located in Quebec, will be the world's first and according to the company it will generate 10 million gallons of 5 percent ethanol-petrol blend a year.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/enerkem-biofuel-plant-20100924/feed/ 0 10647 Enerkem Starts Construction of World's First Garbage To Biofuel Plant https://www.greenoptimistic.com/enerkem-garbage-biofuel-plant-20100902/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/enerkem-garbage-biofuel-plant-20100902/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:39:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=9886 All the garbage collected from the city of Edmonton can be used to produce biofuel. Last week, the city officials announced that Enerkem, a company based in Montreal began the construction of a $80 million plant that will be capable to turn the town's landfill into biofuel.

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