I find this process fascinating


It's been in use for years.


Alter NRG’s wholly owned subsidiary, Westinghouse Plasma Corporation (WPC), is a gasification company based in Madison, Pennsylvania that licenses and sells plasma gasification technology and products worldwide.

It's plasma technology was developed over a period greater than 30 years and with an estimated $100 million in Westinghouse R&D funding. The WPC technology was initially developed in collaboration with NASA for use in the Apollo space program to simulate space vehicle re-entry conditions of over 5,500°C (10,000°F).

Since the 1980s, the WPC technology has proven itself in various applications over several years in industrial facilities owned or operated by companies such as Alcan, General Motors and Hitachi Metals.

1989 - General Motors Defiance, - Ohio, USA - Metallurgical
1992 - ALCAN Jonquire, - Quebec Canada - Metallurgical
1995 - Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries - Kinuura, Japan - Ash Vitrification
1999 - Hitachi Metals, Ltd. - Yoshii, Japan - Waste Treatment & Energy Processing Demo Facility
2002 - Hitachi Metals, Ltd. - Mihama Mikata, Japan - Waste Processing & Energy Production
2002 - Hitachi Metals, Ltd. - Utashinai, Japan - Waste Processing & Energy Production
2009 -*Currently being commissioned - SMS Infrascturce Ltd. - Pune, India - World's Largest Commercial Gasification of Hazardous Waste


Hitachi Metals Environmental Systems Company (Yoshii, Japan)

Plasma Arc Gasification/melting of MSW (commercial/commercial scale demonstration)

After demonstration of the gasification technology for MSW at the pilot plant in Yoshii, Japan during 1999-2000, the Japanese government certified the technology for construction of a commercial size plant. The plant was completed in July 2002. This new plant uses primarily automobile shredder residue (ASR) as fuel with approximately 165 ton d-1 capacity but has been designed to run with a 50% mixture of MSW. It can also process approximately 300 ton d-1 of 100% MSW.

After commissioning, the plant was released to the customer for commercial operation in April 2003. In December 2002, the twin cities of Mihama and Mikata, Japan commissioned a MSW and sewage sludge treatment plant. Hitachi Metals Ltd. designed and installed this plant. It processes 24 ton d-1 of MSW and 4 ton d-1 of sewage sludge.
The RW Beck report for Honolulu (RWBeck 2003) indicates Hitachi and Westinghouse Plasma were co-developers of a MSW conversion plant in Yoshii, Japan. This ran at a scale of 166 ton d-1 so it can be considered commercial scale demonstration.

http://biomass.ucdavis.edu/materials/reports%20and%20publications/2003/2003_Solid_Waste_Conversion.pdf

http://science.howstuffworks.com/plasma-converter4.htm

http://www.alternrg.com/

Launched phase 1

'Syndication Inc., (Pink Sheets: SYNJ), reports that McCutcheon Marshall Jr., President and Chairman of the Board for Pinnacle Energy Inc., the wholly owned energy subsidiary of Syndication Inc., launched phase 1; Bio-Diesel, of the Sentinel Renewable Energy program in South Carolina, (Sentinel Renewable Energies S.C. Inc.). The Company reports that the launch of the South Carolina 75,000 square foot Bio-Diesel facility is the first phase of a 3 phased commitment which includes wind and solar and was originally entered into as an LOI between the Companies 4 months ago in late March of this year."



Sentinel Renewable Energy program
(The formation of a company was needed to launch the first part of this program, and it's called SRE S.C.)

Are the two other phases also going to be in S.C.?

Or could it stretch out a bit...

Phase One: Bio-Diesel...(SRE S.C.)
Phase Two: Wind...(maybe SRE N.C.?)
Phase Three: Solar...(maybe SRE MD.?)

"shares advisory board"

shares as in ‘they both have’ not shares as in ‘stock shares’

***"As a point of legal disclosure SRE S.C. is in a contractual relationship and/or shares advisory board members with Methes Energies Canada Inc.(this is the ‘and’) Methes Energies is located in the Mississauga Province of Ontario, Canada and is in the business of developing, marketing and selling turnkey continuous flow bio-diesel processor systems named "the Denami 600," and Sun Si Inc.,(this is the ‘or’) a TCS production and shipping Corporation located in Zibo, China and is engaged in the solar power energy industry."***

Seems to even state that SRE is only a "Division of Pinnacle Energies Inc."
A division of a business entity is a portion of that business that operates under a different name. It is the equivalent of a corporation or limited liability company obtaining a fictitious name or "doing business as" certificate and operating a business under that fictitious name.
An example of this would be to look at Hewlett Packard (HP), the computer and printer company. HP has several divisions, with the printer division, that makes laser and inkjet printers, being the largest and most profitable division. The divisions of HP, like the Printing & Multifunction division, the Handheld Devices (includes the old calculator) division, the Servers division (mini and mainframe computers), etc., all use the HP brand name. But, Compaq (a part of HP since 2000), operates as a subsidiary, using the Compaq brand name.

I don't think SunSi is going to merge or have anything to do with SYNJ/Pinnacle/SRE other than "sharing" board members, that's just my gut feeling.

Well then it would be a good thing


if this guy was still with SRE.


Central Contractor Registration (CCR}
Legal Business Name: SENTINEL SOLAR, LLC
Company URL: http://www.sentinelrenewable.com
Physical Street Address 1: 5 FALLS GLEN CT
Physical City: PARKTON
Physical State: MD
Physical Zip/Postal Code: 21120-9400
Mailing Name: SENTINEL RENEWABLE ENERGIES
Business Start Date: 02/01/2008

CCR POINTS OF CONTACT
Government Business Primary POC Government Business Alternate POC
Name: LAMONT HALE
Address Line 1: 111 SOUTH CALVERT STREET
City: BALTIMORE
State: MD
Zip/Postal Code: 21202
U.S. Phone: 410-385-5285

--------------------------------------------------------------

Joint Test and Evaluation Program

JTEM welcomed three new members to the staff. CPT Lamont Hale assumed duty as the Deputy, Transition and Operations Office.

http://www.jte.osd.mil/docs/highlights/Newsletter%20aug%2008-08.pdf

New advisory board member

The connections continue to solidify

"The Advisory Board includes: Member Perichyappan Senthilnathan, Member Kabir Ratnani and Member Nicholas Ng."

L2 snap

Thanks for your insight


Your short, unemotional, non-fluff thoughts are appreciated.

That's proprietary trading information

As of now it's on a need to know basis

I wonder if this is possible


Do the mm's flash-trade and high-frequency trade with SYNJ and other otc's?

Huge buys at 22

Then and Now


Thanks again DW, as I remember from this level last time, the # of shares at 23 and 24 were very thin

L2 snap

It's coming soon


It's looks very solid, consistent buys the last two days.

They're finally out of default

Nevada SOS

http://tinyurl.com/nevadasos

thanks for the brief


I gave this to dont-snow earlier, in case you missed it.(HTTP doesn't work so copy and paste link)

Download and search Berkeley buliding permits in excel

www.berkeleycountysc.gov/dept/permits/bp_data.asp

What do you think


I've been looking at building permits also, but isn't it possible that it might go into an existing facility if it's ready, or if not, by adding an addition or something similar?

Wouldn't the environmental permits be a better way to search?

Like this one:



BERKELEY-MARK JORDAN-REFUEL 12-OCRM-Certification-OCRM STATE CERTIFICATION-08-Jul-09-SCR10L366-885651
BERKELEY-MARK JORDAN-REFUEL 12-WTR-Stormwater Construction NOI-SW NOI MS4 OCRM-08-Jul-09-SCR10L366-885647

http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/admin/htm/permtype.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/admin/htm/EQCspare.htmhttp://www.scdhec.gov/environment/admin/htm/permtype.htm

Did you find a website for permits for Williamsburg? The main county site sucks, and I can't find anything else.

Interesting choice of verb tenses

"SunSi's first transaction has been launched in China through the acquisition of 90% of a well-established Trichlorosilane facility. Relatively unknown, but essential to the solar industry, Trichlorosilane is the main feedstock of the solar industry, used in the production of polysilicon. With this acquisition, it is believed that SunSi becomes the first and only "pure play" public company in the world honed on the production of Trichlorosilane."

I noticed this also...

"SunSi Energies Inc. aims to acquire and develop a portfolio of high quality Trichlorosilane (TCS) producing facilities that are strategically located and possess a potential for future growth and expansion."

Try here


You can download it to excel and sort through it

http://www.berkeleycountysc.gov/dept/permits/bp_data.asp

Don't worry


I'll keep coming back...


I would love to know more about what system is inside the Denami, most likely it's the fluidized bed reactor.

I think the system of Plasma Gasification is great. Imagine being able to atomize everything in the waste streams, pretty cool.

Your welcome

I thought I'd share some information that probably no one else knows. It's only to help people make their own decision.

Jeanne Jacoby Brooker's Connections


Tom Militello

President - Sequentus International Corporation
Columbia, South Carolina
http://sequentus.com/index.php

Tom Militello's Education
University of South Carolina
Rochester Institute of Technology

Tom Militello's Professional Experience
President-Sequentus International Corporation
2002 - Present

My practice areas: Corporate and Product Development, Technology & Intellectual Property Creation.

What I do: Help create an environment that is entreprenurial in spirit yet disciplined in its approach to technology incubation, licensing and product development.

SEQUENTUS INTERNATIONAL
Focusing ideas that will change the world.

Providing strategic planning, business development and operational support services for technology companies in the fields of:

•Computing and Communications
•Energy and Environmental
•Materials Science and Specialty Chemicals

At Sequentus we are continually assessing our role as business and technology consultants in the Energy and Utilities markets. We are experienced in both public and private utility environments; providing strategic program planning, facilities and operations planning, project and program management, codes and standards compliance verification, and information technology solutions.

Our Next Generation Energy projects entail multi-year strategic plans and market analysis which in turn leads to new business opportunities that must be validated and brought to market in a timely and expeditious manner.

Our Gas & Electric and Water projects are oriented around operational and process tuning in support of ongoing customer relationship management and new product development.

Atlanta 404.909.8004
Columbia 803.748.1237
Charlotte 704.246.3779
Philadelphia 610.572.4542
Washington, D.C. 202.558.4374

Sequentus Careers
1201 Main Street . Suite 1980
803.748.1237 . phone
888.481.8433 . fax
Columbia . South Carolina . 29201
email: info@sequentus.com

From the Articles of Incorporation

Sentinel Renewable Energies SC INC

Filing Attorney:

Jeanne J. Brooker

Jeanne is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bars of Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. Jeanne serves as chairman of the American Bar Associations Young Lawyers Division Corporate Counsel Committee and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. She graduated cum laude in 1991 from Tulane University and earned her M.P.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1994.Jeanne is a 1994 graduate of the University Of South Carolina School Of Law.

http://cache.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?
archive_id=0&page_id=582445089&page_url=%2f%2fwww.ycrt.com%2fattorneys%2fadp.aspx%3faid%3d32&page_last_updated=11%2f2%2f2004+5%3a57%3a59+PM&firstName=Jeanne&lastName=Brooker



iDealReview Background and Qualifications

Jeanne J. Brooker, Director & General Counsel

Ms. Brooker's background includes legal posts in state and federal government.She also served as a corporate attorney for three Fortune 500 companies and a publicly traded mortgage banking corporation.Her expertise includes domestic and international contract negotiations, litigation, mediation, e-commerce business planning, seminar presentations, and providing in-house legal support for IT, Purchasing, Human Resources, Risk Management and litigation departments.

Jeanne lives in Columbia, South Carolina.She holds a BA in International Relations from Tulane University, and a JD/MPA from the University of South Carolina School of Law.She served as a Briefing Attorney to the Supreme Court of Texas.Ms. Brooker is currently serving as corporate attorney for a Fortune 50 telecommunications company, responsible for regional counsel issues.

That's just the registered agent's address

CT Corporation System‎

Timothy Geithner, United States Secretary of Treasury


Mar 30, 2009

Timothy Geithner, United States Secretary of Treasury during the Inaugural session of the IDB Board of Governors annual meeting

http://www.iadb.org/am/2009/videos.cfm?lang=en



Rüdiger Hartmann, First Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, KfW Carbon Fund, and Jacques Rogozinski, General Manager, Inter-American Investment Corporation, signed memorandum of understanding to cooperate in matters related to the clean development mechanism and carbon financing. (3/29/09)



http://www.iadb.org/am/2009/sign.cfm?lang=en

What is FINPYME?


FINPYME® is a diagnostic methodology developed by the Inter-American Investment Corporation to assess small and medium-size enterprises in order to help them become more competitive and improve their access to potential sources of financing.

FINPYME® has been launched in the following countries:
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Dominican Republic

http://www.finpyme.org/


Date Posted: 2/27/2009
Project Name: Scotialeasing Regional
Project Number: RC3212A-01
Expected Board Approval Date: 4/28/2009
Company and/or Sponsoring: Scotia Leasing Costa Rica, S.A., Scotia Leasing Guatemala, S.A., Scotia Leasing Honduras, S.A., and Scotia Leasing Panamá, S.A.
Business Sector: Financial Services
City: Regional C and D
Country: Regional

http://www.iic.int/projects/view.asp?id=392

A group of IE alumni created the school’s Alumni Association in 1982 to promote relations among all Instituto de Empresa graduates, foster the continuous training of its members, offer assistance and guidance in their professional development, and strengthen the bonds between Instituto de Empresa and its graduates.

The IE Alumni Association currently comprises some 30,000 alumni that hold management positions in 85 countries, and serves as a platform for networking, training, information and professional services. More than 80 alumni representatives and over 50 clubs around the globe will help you maintain and build on your network and keep in contact with IE, wherever you are.




Pedro Huarte-Mendicoa, Carlos Serrano, César Cañedo-Argüelles Calvo

Carlos Serrano, President
Since June 2005, Carlos serves as Senior Financial Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. Before joining the IADB, he was a Senior Vice-president & Head of The Americas Group & Europe at BBVA International Financial Institutions, in Madrid. In total he spent 18 years with BBVA, where he has held numerous positions both in Spain and overseas, including several years in Tokyo as Chief Representative for Capital Markets & Investment Banking for Asia-Pacific. Carlos holds a master degree in law from Madrid´s C.E.U., and has completed the IE International MBA (known as “MIDE” in 1984) He also holds a financial management certificate from the Stanford Business School. Carlos is married, has three children, and enjoys golf and travelling.

Pedro Huarte-Mendicoa, Secretary
Pedro joined the Carbon Finance Unit-CFO of the World Bank in 2005, as a Senior Financial Specialist. His responsibilities include development of carbon finance operations as a Deal Manager, and contributing to the Unit’s work in capacity-building, especially with host governments, carbon funds and project sponsors. As part of the Finance Team of the CFO, he performs financial due diligences and financial analyses of carbon purchase deals.Prior to joining the World Bank Pedro worked, first in Colombia and then in Madrid, for the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance’s state-owned foreign trade company; this included projects financed by Official Development Aid (ODA). He also spent three years at the Spanish Commercial Office in Colombia as Deputy Commercial Attaché.Pedro holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a MA in International Relations by the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy in Boston, and an IE ExMBA (2005).


César Cañedo-Argüelles Calvo, Vice President
Cesar has more than 15 years of experience, mostly in international finance linked to infrastructure projects, specialized in emerging markets around the world: from identifying new opportunities to negotiating transactions. Since 2001 he is Transaction Manager with Corporación Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructuras (CIFI). This non-bank financial institution provides senior & mezzanine financing and advisory services to private infrastructure projects located in Latin America and Caribbean countries.

From 1994-2001, he was in Madrid with Prointec, a subsidiary of Soluziona, that specializes in infrastructure engineering and consultancy services; he was CFO 1999-2001. Previously, also in Madrid, he had been Controller of 4 Software AG, and an auditor with Ernst&Young. César’s degrees include: Master in Finance, IE (1996); Master in Economic and Financial Management, Centro de Estudios Financieros (Spain, 1994); Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, St Louis University (U.S., 1990).

http://www.ideas-empresariales.com/numeros_antiguos/96/93_noticia-b-08.htm


http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=39854531

This is before the recent stock amendment:


The name of the proposed corporation is:

SENTINEL RENEWABLE ENERGIES, SC INC


The initial registered office of the corporation is:

c/o CT Corporation System 75 Beattie Place Greenville South Carolina 29601


and the initial registered agent at such address is:

CT Corporation System


I hereby consent to the appointment as registered agent of the corporation by:

Barbara A. Burke – Special Assistant Secretary


The corporation is authorized to issue a single class of shares
The total number of shares authorized is: 100


The name and address and signature of each incorporator is as follows (only one incorporator is required):

Carlos L. Serrano

1200 South Pine Island Rd. Plantation FL 33324

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This possibly might be Carlos:

INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION
1350 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20577
United States of America

Since June 2005, Carlos serves as Senior Financial Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. Before joining the IADB, he was a Senior Vice-president & Head of The Americas Group & Europe at BBVA International Financial Institutions, in Madrid. In total he spent 18 years with BBVA, where he has held numerous positions both in Spain and overseas, including several years in Tokyo as Chief Representative for Capital Markets & Investment Banking for Asia-Pacific.

Carlos holds a master degree in law from Madrid´s C.E.U., and has completed the IE International MBA (known as “MIDE” in 1984) He also holds a financial management certificate from the Stanford Business School. Carlos is married, has three children, and enjoys golf and travelling.

The IIC is a multilateral financial institution that is part of the IDB Group. It provides financing (in the form of equity investments, loans, guarantees, and other instruments) and advisory services to private enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IIC's mission is to promote the economic development of its regional member countries by stimulating the establishment, expansion, and modernization of private enterprises, particularly those that are small and medium in size.

The Inter-American Investment Corporation is a multilateral financial institution that is a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group. It provides financing (in the form of equity investments, loans, guarantees, and other instruments) and advisory services to private enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2008, the IIC reached US$1.5 billion in assets and approved sixty-four transactions channeling US$300.55 million to small- and medium-size enterprises in the region. The IIC’s mission is to promote the economic development of its regional member countries by encouraging the establishment, expansion, and modernization of private enterprises, particularly those that are small and medium in size. For more information on the IIC’s activities, please visit www.iic.int


IDB Headquarters
1300 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20577, USA
Tel: (202) 623 – 1000

Costa Rica
Edificio Centro Colón, Piso 12
Paseo Colón, entre calles 38 y 40
Apartado postal 1145-1007
San José, Costa Rica
Telephone: (506) 257-1418
Fax: (506) 257 0083


THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION LAUNCHES ITS GREENPYME PROGRAM

3/9/2009 - GREENPYME promotes renewable energy, clean technology, and energy efficiency in SMEs in the main production and service sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean

Washington, D.C. - On March 10, 2009, the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) announced the launching of an energy efficiency and renewable energy technical assistance program targeting small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in countries with high energy-saving potential. The IIC is the only multilateral development institution mandated to provide support and financing for SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The program seeks to provide SMEs with know-how, tools, and technical and financial support for implementing energy efficiency measures and clean technologies. Doing so will enable these enterprises to become more competitive and sustainable while cutting their energy costs and improving their environmental profile.

Enterprises participating in GREENPYME may receive assistance for energy audits, consultant reports, and technical and viability assessments. Participation in the program may also facilitate access to financing from the IIC in the form of loans and equity investments. According to Jorge Roldán, IIC Technical Assistance and Strategic Partnerships Division Chief, “there is a real need for this innovative technical assistance program because SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean still consume a large amount of high-cost energy inefficiently. That cost can be key to business viability.”

Financial support for GREENPYME is being provided by several donors, especially the Korea-IIC SME Development Trust Fund. This funding is being used for activities carried out in conjunction with local strategic partners of the IIC (commercial banks, universities, chambers of commerce, and business associations) that are also committed to fostering SME sustainability via energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy.

GREENPYME was inaugurated in November 2008, when the IIC and Scotiabank cohosted three energy efficiency workshops in Jamaica and Belize. Two new workshops are scheduled this month: one in the Bahamas on March 16, cohosted by Royal Bank of Canada and the Bahamas Hotel Association; and another on March 18 in Trinidad and Tobago, cohosted by Scotiabank.

For more information on the program and to register for one of the energy efficiency workshops, contact Carlos Serrano, Technical Assistance and Strategic Partnerships Senior Financial Specialist. Mr. Serrano, who is in charge of the IIC's GREENPYME program, may be reached at +1-202-623-2877 or by email at cserrano@iadb.org


Contact: Carlos Serrano / Sylvia Szankay
Telephone: (202)623-2877 / (202)623-3878
Email / Fax: cserrano@iadb.org/sylviasz@iadb.org

http://www.greenpyme.org/

http://www.iic.int/newsrelease/view.asp?ID=642&origin=results&QS='viewby=50&pg_152=10&top_parent=152

There is a difference

any one can make a letter of intent

Yes, anybody can do it, but they have an 'in' so to speak. The difference is Kebir Ratnani and Perichiyappan Senthilnathan. From this connection I would surmise the terms are very favorable.

Australian Canadian Oil Royalties, Ltd


http://www.aussieoil.com/site/index.htm

It's the extra effort


I'm excited to see the new information, and I don't care if they can spell source.

I think this 'dude' put in a lot more effort for their, and others, investment in this company than most people have.

Keep on eye on this place for permits




South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Environmental Quality Control (EQC)


Environmental Permitting
Air Quality
Land and Waste Management
Solid Waste Landfills
Underground Storage Tanks
Wastewater
Bulk Petroleum Storage Activitiest


http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/admin/htm/permtype.htm

Just two...

Did they ship the Denami's yet, and do they have any of those cool die-cast miniatures of them?

Good eye


That wasn't supposed to be in that post...good catch because that means you read all the way to end lol


SUNSI ENERGIES INC.

On March 24, 2009, Richard St-Julien, Michel G. Laporte and Kebir Ratnani were appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, Michel G. Laporte was appointed the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and Richard St-Julien was appointed the Company's Vice President and Secretary. Currently, the officers and directors of the Company are not receiving any compensation for their services.


from Sentinel Renewables Energies website:

http://www.sentinelrenewableenergy.com/aboutus.php


Kebir Ratnani, Member of Advisory Board

Mr. Ratnani possesses an encompassing 30 year experience in the natural gas, electricity, windmill, waste water and water sectors. He holds a B. Sc. A. and a M. Sc. A. in Chemical Engineering. Mr. Ratnani’s proficiency in his fields of expertise led him to develop 13 inventions for which he now owns patents; all related to natural gas, petrochemical and environmental technologies.

In 1997, He was appointed VP of Hydro Quebec International. In this capacity, he was responsible for the Technology, Transfer and BOT (Build, Operate & Transfer) and Concession Projects.

More recently, in 2000, he joined SNC-Lavalin International; one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure, and in the provision of operations and maintenance services, as Senior VP. He is responsible for Water, Energy and Infrastructure Projects in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.


Kebir Ratnani Patents

http://www.patentgenius.com/inventedby/RatnaniKebirBouchervilleCA.html

http://www.belugacorporation.com/html/modules.php?name=News&file=categories&op=newindex&catid=1
http://www.methes.com/Profiles/kebirratnani.html



SNC-Lavalin
is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world, and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure and in the provision of operations and maintenance services. SNC-Lavalin companies provide engineering, procurement, construction, project management and project financing services to a variety of industry sectors, including agrifood, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, chemicals and petroleum, environment, heavy construction, mass transit, mining and metallurgy, power and water management.

SNC-Lavalin undertakes projects ranging from small process unit revamps to large grassroots facilities. It has recently been extensively involved in low sulphur gasoline and ultra low sulphur diesel projects. SNC-Lavalin also has considerable control system modernization and electrical system upgrade experience, as well as extensive utilities and offsites experience.

Expertise
Utilities and offsites
Material handling
Gasification

Kebir Ratnani

Senior Vice-President, Business Development, North Africa and Middle East
Telephone: 514-393-8000 x2645
Socodec Inc.
455 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal , Quebec
Canada , H2Z 1Z3

Head Office
SNC-Lavalin
455 René-Lévesque
Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H2Z 1Z3
Telephone: 514-393-1000
Fax: 514-866-0795
http://www.snc-lavalin.com/expertise.php?lang=en&id=11

Clean Energy Economic Development Initiative (CEEDI) Support Program:

Program Update:
Proposals for funding to be considered during the second review period must be submitted by July 31, 2009 COB.

As Maryland moves to quickly build a vibrant clean energy sector and strives to create 100,000 “green-collar” jobs by 2015, the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has created the Clean Energy Economic Development Initiative (CEEDI) Support Program to assist in the growth of a clean energy industry throughout the State.

MEA is now accepting proposals from businesses and organizations who seek financial support for projects that will assist Maryland in meeting its goal of generating 20% of its energy from clean, renewable sources by 2022.

The CEEDI Support Program will provide funding opportunities to Maryland businesses and organizations that are in the process of advancing new technologies, job creation, and the furthering of consumer products and services related to the clean energy sector. Eligible businesses, corporations and non-profits must be located in Maryland.

Toroidal fluidized bed technology


Torftech (Canada) Incorporated
2380 Bristol Circle, Unit 12,
Oakville, Ontario L6H 6M5

The Torftech group of companies develop, licence and provide the TORBED* process reactor technology to a wide range of industries.

Our technologies have revolutionised:
•Energy production from biomass, ‘wastes’ and solid fuels
•Regeneration, recovery and manufacture of catalysts
•Production of industrial minerals
•Precision processing of solid food products

After more than 25 years and over 100 plants installed, we have demonstrated our ability to provide unique products, competitive advantages, reduced costs, energy savings and many other valuable benefits for our customers.

TORBED Compact Bed Reactor ('CBR'
The TORBED process reactor technologies are novel but well proven generic gas/solids contacting techniques used for processing materials and are protected by an insured portfolio of Patents and Trade Marks throughout the industrialised economies of the world. They were invented and developed as techniques to revolutionise the processing of minerals, foods, chemicals and wastes.

The TORBED reactors provide unique benefits in precise, rapid, smaller scale and lower cost solutions to industrial materials processing problems with operating temperatures ranging from cryogenic to greater than 1,600°C (2,900°F). The reactors will handle almost any shape of feed solids, including micron-sized powders, sludges and slurries. The low pressure drop across these new reactors facilitates easy process gas recirculation allowing reducing, oxidising and neutral atmospheres to be maintained at high temperatures.

The particles to be processed are held in a shallow bed suspended by jets of the process gas stream that is forced through stationary angled blades at high velocity. The process gas stream impacts on and minimises the insulating microscopic gas layer around each particle. As a result, the heat and mass transfer rate is greater than in other types of reactor which means faster, more effective processing.

TORBED reactors are continually being developed for new applications of waste combustion and gasification, catalyst processing, high temperature calcination, roasting, bloating and many other novel processes.

Pilot plant facilities are available for test, development and demonstration purposes in Canada and in Europe. Both these pilot plants are fully staffed with all necessary analytical facilities available.

Contact details:

NORTH AMERICA

Process Research ORTECH Inc

2350 Sheridan Park Drive
Mississauga Ontario L5K 2T4 Canada
Tel +1 905 822 4941 ext 576 (attn Balvinder Atwal)
Fax +1 905 822 9537
Email llakshmanan@processortech.com
Web www.processortech.com



Process Research Ortech Inc.
2350 Sheridan Park Drive,
Mississauga, Ont. Canada
L5K 2T4

Consultants

P. Senthilnathan

Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy

Solar energy is at the forefront of sustainable energy and with the production of more efficient and economical solar panels their use has been globally adopted. Rice husks, traditionally a waste material, are now being used as a precursor for silicon in solar panels. PRO is harnessing this waste material by developing a process solution in partnership with researchers at the University of Toronto to convert rice husks to solar grade silicon. A highly efficient and novel processing technique is being investigated utilizing a cyclonic fluidized bed to obtain a silicon precursor that has physical and chemical properties ideally suited to our patented chloride leach technology to produce highly pure silicon.

Production of Solar Grade Silicon from Rice Husk Ash
As the demand for energy grows dramatically and sources of fossil fuel deplete, considerable attention is being paid to the production of renewable energy such as solar energy. This has resulted in a booming photo-voltaic (PV) industry growing at a dramatic rate of 20-30 % per year. The use of higher purity semiconductor-grade silicon increases the price of solar cells. Process Research Ortech is developing a process to produce high purity silicon for solar cell fabrication starting from rice husk ash.

Energy From Biomass
Rice Husk is a waste material that can be used as a biomass source and is available in large quantities in developing Asian countries such as India. Current methods of burning rice husks produce rice husk ash (RHA) that must be environmentally disposed of. PRO in collaboration with Torftech have explored a novel processing technique to combust rice husk as a biomass energy source utilizing the TORBED® process reactor. The resulting RHA, due to the nature of the combustion in the TORBED, possesses superior physical characteristics that make it suitable as a replacement material for expensive silica fume currently used in the production of high strength concrete. This lateral thinking has produced a carbon neutral energy source for developing countries as well as a valuable by-product in the process.

Clean Technologies
Process Research ORTECH’s focus on Sustainable Development has resulted in a number of innovative Cleantech programs. Several projects have been carried out at PRO towards materials recycling including solid and liquid streams. PRO has been active in the area of developing processing options to produce value added products from metal containing wastes including sludges, slimes, dust, catalysts, effluents and other recyclables.

Effluent Water Treatment
PRO advised an international client on measures to prevent ground water pollution caused by pumping water loaded with salt and dye residue in to a river. The recommended process consisting of novel pretreatment steps followed by reverse osmosis produces high quality water. Adoption of the process is expected to provide 80% of the local water requirements. The remaining water can be treated in solar trays for salt recovery.

Treatment of Fly Ash
Fly ash produced in power generation contains un-burnt carbon making it unacceptable for use in construction. Solution: The novel Torbed™ technology offers a unique method for solving the problem. In this reactor the fly ash is burned at controlled temperatures where the carbon is removed. In addition the ash produced was found more suitable for making construction materials than the normal fly ash due to its pozzalonic properties

www.processortech.com



In order to reduce axial dispersion in liquid-solid fluidized beds, it has already been proposed to place tensioned metal springs in parallel in the reactor (see the article "Axial Dispersion of Liquids in Fluidized Beds/Effect of Internals" by A. B. Burli, P. R. Senthilnathan and N. Subramanian in "The Canadian Journal of Chem. Eng." Vol. 57, October 1979, page 648).

http://www.sumobrain.com/patents/4493735.html



Kebir Ratnani

Process and apparatus for gas phase exothermic reactions

http://www.patentgenius.com/inventedby/RatnaniKebirBouchervilleCA.html

Plasma Gasification


Organic molecules (those that are carbon-based) become volatilized, or turn into gases. This synthetic gas (syngas) can be used as a fuel source if properly cleaned. Inorganic compounds melt down and become vitrified, or converted into a hard, glassy substance similar in appearance and weight to obsidian. Metals melt down as well, combining with the rest of the inorganic matter (called slag).

Unlike incinerators, which use combustion to break down garbage, there is no burning, or oxidation, in this process. The heat from plasma converters causes pyrolysis, a process in which organic matter breaks down and decomposes. Plasma torches can operate in airtight vessels. Combustion requires oxidization; pyrolysis does not.

Plasma waste converters can treat almost any kind of waste, including some traditionally difficult waste materials. It can treat medical waste or chemically-contaminated waste and leave nothing but gases and slag. Because it breaks down these dangerous wastes into their basic elements, they can be disposed of safely.

Fox News report: Startech waste-to-energy plasma technology

http://www.startech.net

Startech is the only publicly traded waste-to-energy plasma arc technology company in the world. They presently have three 5 ton/day installations in operation, with a number of other plants in various stages of implementation. A 200 ton/day plant being built by Startech in Panama will be the largest such plant in the world, and will convert ordinary garbage into hydrogen that can be used in fuel cells to generate electricity or directly as a fuel for combustion. The Panama plant is expected to be operational in 2008. "Waste is not garbage, but a commercially valuable, renewable resource." (StarTech Promotional Video.)





Richland Plasma Gasification

InEnTec Environmental's proprietary Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM™) transforms virtually any type of waste material into valuable commercial products including:

- ultra clean fuels that can be used to generate electricity
- a glass-like material that can be used to create items such as blasting grit or building materials and recoverable metals.

The technology is currently being demonstrated in Richland, WA, where the PEM™ can process 25 tons of the community's waste per day

novel or breakthrough technologies


Recovery Act - Demonstration of Integrated Biorefinery Operations


Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0000096

The intent of this FOA will be to select integrated biorefinery projects that have the necessary technical and economic performance data that validates their readiness for the next level of scale-up.

In general, “integrated biorefineries” employ various combinations of feedstocks and conversion technologies to produce a variety of products, with the main focus on producing biofuels and bioproducts. Co- or by-products can include additional fuels, chemicals (or other materials), and heat and power.

These integrated biorefineries would produce, as their primary product, a liquid transportation fuel that supports, depending on topic area, meeting the advanced, renewable or advanced biofuels portion of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) or, depending on topic area, a bioproduct that substitutes for petroleum-based feedstocks and products.

DOE encourages applications that propose novel or breakthrough technologies and those that include appropriate collaboration between and among industry, academia, and DOE National Laboratories, FFRDCs (Federally Funded Research and Development Centers) or other government-funded facilities.

Posted Date: May 06, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2009 In order for the Biomass Program to meet programmatic requirements.
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Energy-Recovery Act
Category Explanation: Recovery Act Funds
Expected Number of Awards: 15
Estimated Total Program Funding: $480,000,000
Award Ceiling: $50,000,000
CFDA Number(s): 81.087 -- Renewable Energy Research and Development


http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=2jdqKbWTGJjpZyQ1S2QGLytgRt4mDGtBf8TlnMhF5pp7j2qjdzDY!-1757398871?oppId=47227&mode=VIEW

Trigeneration

or trigen is the simultaneous production of mechanical power (often converted to electricity), heat and cooling from a single heat source such as fuel or solar energy. As with cogeneration, the "waste heat" byproduct that results from power generation is harnessed, thus increasing the overall efficiency of the system.

Trigeneration can also refer to systems involving the production of Electricity, Heat/Cold AND some Product (mainly chemicals)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigeneration



Validus DC Systems Teams With IBM, Syracuse and New York State

Validus DC Systems has been selected by Syracuse University to deliver the direct current power infrastructure in one of the world's most energy-efficient data centers. The data center project represents a partnership between IBM (NYSE: IBM), Syracuse University and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and is expected to use 50 percent less energy than a typical data center today, making it one of the "greenest" computer centers in operation.

The Validus DC System will provide the core power infrastructure equipment to create and deliver direct current power to the IBM z10 systems. The center will expand Syracuse University's leadership in the development and use of "green" innovations in nationally strategic domains. IBM intends to showcase the data center and its energy-efficient technologies to help clients design new data centers or improve their current operations.

Validus was chosen by Syracuse University based on their extensive experience in enterprise data centers and their industry leading high voltage direct current technology.

Delivering high-quality power distribution technology is especially important because Syracuse will be the home to the first university data center powered by onsite generation in New York State. The electrical tri-generation system will use an array of natural gas-fueled micro turbines to generate all the necessary electricity and also provide cooling for the computer infrastructure. The data center will be able to operate completely off-grid.

The data center is expected to be completed by the end of 2009.

http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=232247&Itemid=33

Thanks for the support


I'm looking forward to the days ahead

looks like your right


Besides the June jump, the next biggest is the one in May and there's no PR in sight.