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Joint Waste Core Strategy JWCS: Waste company says B&NES was ‘spot-on’ as Odd Down site gets independent Inspector’s thumbs-up

(11/03/2011)

The four authorities in the West of England Partnership (B&NES, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) worked together to produce a Joint Waste Core Strategy (JWCS) to set out policies which will help planners make decisions about where major waste facilities should be located. The Odd Down site and one at Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, are the two sites in the Bath and North East Somerset district earmarked as key strategic waste sites by the JWCS. The boss of Bath’s leading recy... [more]

Jenbacher engine: GE Energy Jenbacher engines generate onsite power from biogas created from converted animal waste and agricultural organic materials

(27/04/2009)

In the European Union, where agriculture is responsible for 9% of greenhouse gas emissions, countries are being encouraged to expand the use of cogeneration technologies to reduce various industrial source points of methane gas emissions, including agricultural operations. With the international community seeking to expand the development of different types of renewable energy, more farmers in North America and Europe are using GE Energy’s ecomagination-certified Jenbacher engines to generat... [more]

Jenbacher gas engines: Chicken manure generate power and heat at a large chicken farm in Beijing

(07/08/2008)

GE Energy’s ecomagination-certified Jenbacher gas engines will use biogas created from chicken manure to generate needed power and heat at a large chicken farm north of the China’s capital city of Beijing. The plant is the first of its type in China and could pave the way for similar applications in the future. The Beijing Deqingyuan Chicken Farm Waste Utilization plant comes as the country seeks innovative ways to meet its energy and environmental requirements. Providing 14,600 MWh of electr... [more]