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San Francisco's First WWTP Gas
to Power Project
 San
Francisco, CA -- The members of the San Francisco Public
Utilities Commission (SFPUC) today approved an agreement to
design, permit and build the City’s first Fuel Cell project
at the SFPUC’s Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Once completed, expected by the
end of 2007, the 600-kilowatt fuel cell will convert gases
naturally generated as part of the wastewater treatment
process into electricity for use by the treatment plant. The
process will also reduce the plant’s need to flare or burn
the waste gas, significantly reducing the plant’s emissions
to the local neighborhood.
“The fuel cell project is another
step towards achieving our clean energy vision for San
Francisco,” said SFPUC General Manager Susan Leal.
“Generating renewable power from waste gas is a win for our
ratepayers, a win for the environment and a win for the
neighborhood’s public health.”
The agreement authorizes Otto H.
Rosentreter Company and Alliance Power to partner in
designing, permitting and building a $2.2 million 600 kW
molten carbonate fuel cell energy generation plant at the
Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, with a five year
operation and maintenance agreement.
Work on the fuel cell project
will begin next month, with the project funded from the
City’s renewable energy project special funds (MECA, or
Mayor’s Energy Conservation Account) and the SFPUC’s Power
Enterprise operating funds. An additional $2.7 million
rebate from the California Public Utilities
Commission-mandated (CPUC) Self-Generation Investment Fund
will cover the costs of purchasing the fuel cell unit and
hardware.
The fuel cell project approval
comes only a month after the approval of a historic
agreement with Lennar BVHP to bring renewable, public power
to the new Hunters Point Shipyard development. Later this
month, the SFPUC will begin operation of a new solar
installation at the NorCal Recycling Plant at Pier 96.
Other SFPUC renewable energy
projects include additional new solar installations in 2007,
an initiative to turn waste grease into biodiesel to fuel
city fleet vehicles and a feasibility study on how best to
harness tidal energy from the waters beneath the Golden Gate
Bridge.
For more information visit
http://www.sfwater.org/
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Piping : J-M Manufacturing and
PW Eagle to Merge
 Livingston,
NJ and Eugene, OR -- J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. and PW
Eagle, Inc., manufacturers of plastic pipe, fittings and
tubing products, today announced that they have signed a
definitive merger agreement under which J-M Manufacturing
will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of PW
Eagle for $33.50 per share in cash. The transaction
represents an implied total equity value of approximately
$400 million.
J-M Manufacturing, headquartered
in Livingston, New Jersey, operates a total of 14 plastic
pipe manufacturing facilities and serves customers
throughout North America. Based in Eugene, Oregon, PW Eagle
operates 12 plastic pipe manufacturing facilities in eight
states and serves customers throughout the United States.
“With manufacturing facilities
throughout North America, the combined company will have
broader geographic reach, offer an expanded product line,
and deliver value to customers and end users in new and
innovative ways,” said Walter W. Wang, President and Chief
Executive Officer of J-M Manufacturing. “PW Eagle enjoys
long-term relationships with its customers because it serves
them effectively and efficiently. J-M Manufacturing and PW
Eagle have many shared strengths, including a belief in the
vital role our products play in safely delivering drinking
water, electricity, gas, and other essentials. With this
merger, we are even better positioned to bring value and
passion to the pipe industry in serving the growing needs of
our society.”
The transaction is expected to be
completed during the second quarter of 2007, subject to
customary closing conditions, including the receipt of
regulatory approvals, and approval by PW Eagle’s
shareholders. There is no financing condition to the
obligation of J-M Manufacturing to consummate the merger.
About J-M Manufacturing Company,
Inc.
J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
was formed in 1982 with the acquisition of eight pipe
production facilities. Today, the company operates 14
manufacturing plants across the United States. JMM produces
water, sewer, solvent weld, electrical conduit, ABS and
polyethylene pipe in diameters ranging from Ѕ’’ to 48” for
PVC and Ѕ’’ to 63” in HDPE. JMM is dedicated to developing
the plastic pipe market by offering superior products,
unparalleled quality, and ensuring that its business makes a
positive contribution to the environment, the communities it
serves, its customers, and employees.
Web site:
http://www.jmm.com/
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EPA Awards $5M in Safe Drinking
Water Grants
 Washington,
DC -- Today 10 universities received grants from EPA for
research to develop better methods for detecting harmful
organisms in drinking water, including viruses, bacteria and
protozoa. The grants, awarded through EPA's Science to
Achieve Results (STAR) research grants program, are aimed at
ensuring that the United States has the safest drinking
water in the world.
"These
five million dollars in grant money are an example of how
EPA puts science to work to protect human health," said Dr.
George Gray, EPA's assistant administrator for research and
development.
Every
year, there are cases of gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses in
the United States associated with drinking water. EPA's
sponsored research will result in faster and more sensitive
tests for local drinking water facilities to use in
detecting pathogens. The sooner a contaminant is identified,
the faster a facility can act to contain the problem, and
thereby reduce any health risks to the public.
The
grants were awarded to the following universities for
research on:
-Tufts University, North Grafton, Mass., $600,000 – a rapid
(less than four hours) method for detection of
disease-causing organisms by drinking water facilities.
-University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., $466,817 –
nanotechnology application for the rapid and economic
concentration of GI viruses, parasites, and bacteria.
-Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, La
Verne, Calif., $600,000 – use of molecular biology to
extract nucleic acids from waterborne organisms, allowing
facilities to detect a broad range of potential
disease-causing organisms
-Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., $600,000 –
new method that can simultaneously detect 20 waterborne
pathogens in source and drinking water.
-University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., $597,987 --
rapid, sensitive method to detect and measure known and
emerging pathogens.
-Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore,
Md., $600,000 – new method to improve measurement of viruses
and protozoa in drinking water, that could replace the
current reliance on bacterial indicators only.
-University of California, Riverside, Calif., $600,000 –
real-time method to detect and measure intestinal viruses in
drinking water.
-Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., $566,714 – sensors
that can detect pathogens such as Cryptosporidium without a
concentration or filtration step.
-Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., $600,000 –
real-time tool to determine whether drinking water contains
bacterial contaminants.
-University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., $600,000 –
real-time tool to detect multiple classes of microbial
pathogens.
For
more information about the grants, visit:
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/recipients/drinkingwater2005/
Web
site: http://www.epa.gov/
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GE to
power African methane Gas-to-Energy Plants
 JENBACH,
Austria -- South Africa’s first landfill methane gas-to energy
projects, powered by GE Energy’s Jenbacher generator sets, will
be commissioned at two sites near the city of Durban on the
country’s east coast in early 2007. The plants are in the
municipal region of eThekwini, which in Zulu means “in the place
of the bay.”
The plants, at the La Mercy and
Mariannhill landfills, will serve as renewable energy reference
projects, providing much-needed electricity to the municipal
grid. Meanwhile, funds from the sale of carbon credits – which
was the key to making the project economically viable –also will
be used in part for community upgrades.
For the La Mercy and Mariannhill
power plants, GE supplied two containerized gen-sets to the
projects’ contractor, Envitech Solutions (Pty) Ltd of Benoni,
South Africa. Envitech Solutions installed the Jenbacher units
and gas extraction equipment on behalf of Durban Solid Waste
(DSW), which operates the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality’s
solid waste disposal and owns both landfill sites.
For La Mercy, Envitech Solutions
installed a Jenbacher JGC 312 GS-L.L. gen-set and for
Mariannhill, a JGC 320 GS-L.L. unit. Electrical output for the
JGC 320 unit is 1,064 kW and 526 kW for the JGC 312 unit.
Electrical efficiency for each unit is 40.8% and 39.1%,
respectively.
By utilizing the landfills’ methane
for energy, less of the gas will be able to escape into the
atmosphere. Methane has 21 times the greenhouse warming
potential of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas most closely
identified with climate change. Along with greenhouse gas
abatement, this eThekwini Metro project is expected to improve
local air and groundwater quality.
“GE Energy is honored to provide the
gas engine equipment for South Africa’s inaugural landfill
energy projects and to support the country’s strong commitment
to expanding the production and use of renewable energy,” said
Prady Iyyanki, CEO of GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine business.
In 2006, GE announced its Jenbacher
landfill gas technology – in addition to its biogas and coal
mine gas solutions – had been certified as an ecomagination
product. Ecomagination is GE’s commitment to address challenges
such as the need for cleaner, more efficient sources of energy,
reduced emissions and abundant sources of clean water.
GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine
business is a leading manufacturer of gas-fueled reciprocating
engines, packaged generator sets and cogeneration systems for
power generation. GE’s Jenbacher gas engines run on natural gas
or a variety of specialty waste gases, including landfill gas.
Web site:
http://www.ge.com/energy
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