Archive for December, 2009
Biogas – Organic Material to Power Generation
Saturday, December 26th, 2009Two new anaerobic digestion plants via RCI Technologies, Inc are being retained as a result of of Hydro-Québec’s tender for their acquisition of biomass cogeneration. These new anaerobic digestion plants are to be situated in the borough of Anjou near Montreal and Longueuil Quebec. The total investment output is some $60 million. RCI Technologies is [...]
Alberta Oil Sands Bitumen – Heavy Crude Oil
Saturday, December 26th, 2009Canadian oil sands extraction, greenhouse gases, and the tailings as a result of the process of recovering the oil are of major contention in Canada and increasingly around the world. The Alberta lands leased for mining are scarred and polluted with oil trails. Government regulations concerning these environmental damages have resulted in responses from several [...]
This Christmas Try The Four R’s
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009This holiday season can be a good time to practice good green processes with your family and friends by following the four R’s. By Re-Designing, Re-Wrapping, Re-Gifting, and Re-Planting your holiday season can be clean and green. Not only that you can spend more valuable time with your family in the process! Canadian polling firm [...]
Wind Power Generation Continues To Grow
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Wind power technology has raced so far into the future that wind farms are now being slated for vast expanses of privately owned land throughout the Midwest United States, the prairies in Canada and now even offshore near the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia. Existing wind farms in China and other nations show that [...]