waste to biofuel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:36:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Sustainable Ghana Sanitation Facility Transforms Human Waste into Biodiesel https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ghana-human-waste-biodiesel-20121120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ghana-human-waste-biodiesel-20121120/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:36:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28386 Researchers from Columbia University’s Engineering School, working in Ghana with Waste Enterprisers Ltd., the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly decided to commemorate this year’s World Toilet Day (19th of November) by launching a pilot facility that converts fecal sludge into biodiesel fuel. Anthony Mensah, Waste Management Director […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ghana-human-waste-biodiesel-20121120/feed/ 0 28386 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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