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Mt. Tom Power Station will pay penalty for clean water act violations (MA)

The Mt. Tom Generating Company, LLC, has agreed to a settlement of $40,814 for violations of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). The company violated its federally issued permit over a five month period when it was conducting construction work at its coal-fired power plant facility, located in Holyoke, Mass. The company discharges its wastewater to the Connecticut River. Discharges of muddy storm ...

Feb. 2, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Water Bags: Collapsible water container for water shortages

Water Bags were developed to solve problems of water distribution during emergency situation. The bags are small and light and therefore easy for transportation. Once on the spot, the water bags allow fast distribution of treated water in safe and durable plastic containers. In addition, the water bags close the circle starting from water pumping, water treatment on the spot and finally safe ...

Feb. 29, 2012

By Trunz Water Systems AG

Government of Gibraltar Appoints Modern Water JV as Preferred Bidder for Wastewater Treatment Plant

Modern Water plc (AIM:MWG), the owner of leading water and wastewater technologies and monitoring of water quality, is pleased to announce that today, H.M Government of Gibraltar has appointed a Joint Venture between Northumbrian Services Limited and Modern Water Services Limited (“MWSL”) as preferred bidder for a new wastewater treatment plant in Gibraltar (the ...

Oct. 5, 2014

By Modern Water - Monitoring Division

Car washing with the power of the sun

At a petrol station in Belgrade 150 customers a day wash their car with environmentally friendly hot water generated by a TiSUN solar system. The OMV petrol station in Belgrade, Serbia is considered a pioneer in the field for the production of hot water for their car wash system. Eight TiSUN module collectors with a total collector surface area of 20 m² were installed on the roof of the ...

Jul. 22, 2012

By TiSUN GmbH

GE’s Distributed Power Teams with Clarke Energy to Help Biffa Modernize UK Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plants

Biffa to Replace Older Generators with GE’s More Efficient Jenbacher Landfill Gas Engines Clarke Energy to Install GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engines at Several Landfills across United Kingdom New Units Will Produce a Total of 8.5 MW of Renewable Energy, Enough for 20,000 ...

May 5, 2014

By General Electric

LG Sonic presents algae control solution to improve water quality during Cleantech Exhibition in Beijing

From Monday 20th of March to Friday 24th of March LG Sonic will be attending the EU-Gateway Clean Technologies Exhibition in Beijing, China. This exhibition brings together different companies in the cleantech industry and gets them acquainted with the Chinese market. For this visit, participants had the option to request a meeting with one of our representatives Mr. Yousef Yousef, (CEO of LG ...

Mar. 20, 2017

By LG Sonic

Power plants continue to decrease SO<sub>2</sub> emissions under EPA cap and trade program

Power plants continue to decrease SO₂ emissions under EPA cap and trade program

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that power plants across the country decreased emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), a precursor to acid rain, to 7.6 million tons in 2008. Emissions from sources in the Acid Rain Program fell by 52 percent compared with 1990 levels and are already below the statutory annual emission cap of 8.95 million tons set for compliance in ...

Dec. 13, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Emerson integrates fuel moisture sensor into Ovation control system to increase performance of biomass-fuelled power plants

Emerson Process Management now offers an integrated solution that enables biomass-fuelled power plants to continually monitor feedstock moisture content and adjust the combustion process for better efficiency. The new solution, which combines a biomass fuel moisture sensor with Emerson’s Ovation expert control system, can help reduce maintenance costs as well as boost net yearly MWh ...

Jun. 18, 2013

By Emerson Process Management

GE’s Distributed Power Teams with Clarke Energy to Help Biffa Modernize U.K. Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plants

GE Power & Water’s Distributed Power business (NYSE: GE) today (May 5, 2014) announced Clarke Energy, GE’s authorized Jenbacher gas engine distributor for the United Kingdom, has been selected to supply U.K. ...

May 4, 2014

By Clarke Energy

IBM`s World Community Grid unveils research projects on three continents to improve water quality

IBM's (NYSE: IBM) World Community Grid, a worldwide network of PC owners helping scientists solve humanitarian challenges, today announced several computing projects aimed at developing techniques to produce cleaner and safer water, an increasingly scarce commodity eluding at least 1.2 billion people worldwide. One initiative will simulate how human behaviors and ecosystem processes relate to one ...

Sep. 6, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Need for high-quality water encourages industries to implement wastewater treatment techniques, finds Frost & Sullivan

The fast pace of industrialization in Indonesia has triggered a need for wastewater treatment systems to treat the copious discharge of various wastes. Industrial waste reduces the availability and quality of water at an alarming rate, and the rising awareness of this hazard has led industrial end users to implement wastewater treatment techniques. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ( ...

Oct. 20, 2010

By Frost & Sullivan

Modified discharge permit for Kendall Station Power Plant in Cambridge, mass. significantly advances protections for Charles River (MA)

A new water discharge permit for the Kendall Cogeneration Station power plant in Cambridge, Mass. will significantly increase protections for ecological health and recreational water uses of the lower Charles River and Boston Harbor by requiring the plant to reduce its heat discharge and water withdrawal by approximately 95 percent, and closely monitoring river temperatures to ensure that even ...

Feb. 1, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Uptake of water treatment solutions in the Asia Pacific Power Industry intensifying, finds Frost & Sullivan

Rapid urbanization, growth in industrialization, and rising standards of living in the Asia Pacific have spawned a higher need for electricity, particularly in emerging countries such as Thailand and Indonesia. This growing need for power translates to investments in water and wastewater treatment (WWWT) solutions for the installation of new power plants and retrofitting of new technologies in ...

Jul. 29, 2012

By Frost & Sullivan

Business Leaders Support the Administration`s Finalization of Long-Overdue Mercury & Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants

Today a diverse group of business leaders representing over 125,000 businesses across the country sent the following letter to President Obama, thanking him for the timely finalization and implementation of EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants. The text of the letter reads as follows: "Dear President Obama, As leaders in the business community collectively ...

Dec. 20, 2011

By Ceres

Uptake of Water Treatment Solutions in the Asia Pacific Power Industry Intensifying, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Rapid urbanization, growth in industrialization, and rising standards of living in the Asia Pacific have spawned a higher need for electricity, particularly in emerging countries such as Thailand and Indonesia. This growing need for power translates to investments in water and wastewater treatment (WWWT) solutions for the installation of new power plants and retrofitting of new technologies in ...

Jul. 29, 2012

By Frost & Sullivan

EPA, state of Colorado join children’s hospital to highlight benefits of new mercury and air toxics standards for power plants

At a ceremony today at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colo., representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Trout Unlimited, and ADA Environmental Solutions, Inc. to highlight the benefits of EPA’s newly issued Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect ...

Jan. 9, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Nation’s Largest Seawater Desalination Plant Enhances Water Supply Reliability for San Diego County

Operations are under way at the nation’s largest and most technologically advanced seawater desalination plant, which was dedicated today by more than 600 elected officials, community leaders and project partners. After successfully completing construction, the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant has already produced more than 1.5 billion gallons of locally controlled ...

Dec. 13, 2015

By Poseidon Resources

Miox Cooling Tower disinfection boosts power plant production by 7 percent and reduces annual operating costs by 34 million dollars

MIOX Corporation, the technology leader in on-site chemical generation, announced today that a unique bio-control approach developed by exclusive distributor New Technology Systems, Inc. (NTS) has not only achieved significant savings compared to bulk h ypochlorite usage, but also increased the production output ...

Dec. 13, 2012

By MIOX Corporation - Johnson Matthey`s Water Technologies

Pöyry awarded Owner`s Engineering Services Contract for the Ras Az Zawr Power and Desalination Plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

PÖYRY PLC Press release 30 June 2011 at 3.00 p.m. Pöyry's Energy business group has been awarded an Owner's Engineering Services contract by the Saline Water Conversion ...

Jun. 29, 2011

By Pöyry Energy

Increased need to comply with water and wastewater quality requirements in South Africa bodes well for market prospects, finds Frost & Sullivan

The weak enforcement of municipal legislation, particularly the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), has resulted in limited investment into water and wastewater infrastructure in South Africa. Most municipalities do not report on their expenditure trends and hence prioritise employee related expenses when compared to repairs and maintenance work. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ( ...

Dec. 8, 2010

By Frost & Sullivan

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