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Waste to Energy Technologies and Resources
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Index of organizations and processes that use garbage, sewage, unusable crop and other waste products to generate energy efficiently, cleanly, and cost-effectively. bandages
- Video: Waste to Energy -- an Overview (3:01 minutes) - A brief video by PES Network introduces the concept of cost-effectively turning garbage and sewage into energy, either as electricity or as fuel. Addresses methane harvesting, plasma, solar, and catalytic pressureless depolymerization. (PESWiki; Jan. 16, 2008)
- Waste to Energy -- an Overview by PES Network, Inc. (YouTube; Jan. 16, 2008)
- The Story of Stuff - Brilliant, entertaining, must-see, 20-minute video/cartoon by Annie Leonard describes the problems with the status quo linear supply chain, driven by consumerism, which is unsustainable and self-destructive; and encourages a renewable, responsible, self-sustaining, cyclical approach. (StoryofStuff.com)
- Recycling >
The Story of Electronics - This new fabulous cartoon video by Annie Leonard exposes how electronics have been "designed for the dump", with planned obsolescence, externalizing the costs and polluting the planet. She calls for a movement to "design to last" so that devices have modular components that can be upgraded without replacing everything. (Story of Stuff; Nov. 9, 2010)
- Could your trashcan solve the energy crisis? - Could vaporising waste provide a solution to two of humanity's biggest environmental problems at once? Companies around the world are trying to turn household waste into clean energy – but critics say "gasification" isn't as green as it sounds. (New Scientist; Apr. 22, 2009)
cell phone directory
- Alt Fuels > Biomass >
Biofuels: A Decision Maker's Guide to Opportunities for Converting Biomass & Wastes into Transport Fuels - This report considers which pathways are likely to be commercially attractive, which use proven technologies and which require further development. Many other issues in this developing area are discussed. Also contains thumbnail profiles of over 100 companies active in this sector. (WasteReports.com; April 2009)
- What To Do With All This Waste? Part 1 - A look at two industry leaders: BlueFire Ethanol and Waste Management, which runs 103 of the 425 landfill gas thermal electric operations in the U.S.
- What To Do With All This Waste? Part 2 - A look at companies that are converting fecal waste from cows, horses, pigs and other livestock into energy. (Renewable Energy Access; Nov. 26, 27, 2007)
- Featured / For Sale: Waste to Energy >
FOR SALE: Jinbiao Environmental & AGH Recycling's Waste-to-Oil and Biomass-to-Coal Pyrolysis Systems - Artashes G. Harutyunyan of Armenia, now in Shanhai with a team, has several plant varieties to choose from: tires-and-plastics-to-oil; waste-oil (e.g. from mud & sand) to oil -- available in batch or continuous processing; and biomass-to-coal-equivalent, continuous. Plants run cleanly, with no pollution. (PESWiki; August 7, 2015)
- Green Energy from Waste Pressure - Langson Energy converts pressure to power utilizing their Gas Letdown GeneratorTM. Helical screw technology overcomes the high capital and operating costs of turbo-expanders and allows for contaminants and impurities to be directly handled through this Total Flow GeneratorTM. Gas pressure reduction stations where energy presently is not being utilized can now make Green Energy from Pressure. Base load green energy from pressure is available today with the Langson Gas Letdown GeneratorTM.
- CPD Process Turns Trash into Diesel Fuel - Green Power Inc has developed a catalytic pressureless depolymerization (CPD) process they call "NanoDiesel" that inexpensively converts biomass and municipal waste into high quality diesel fuel, which could solve the world's energy and waste problems at the same time, without upsetting the CO2 balance.
- Featured: Alt. Fuels > Waste to Energy / Plasma >
GlidArc Plasma and Syngas Technology for Waste to Energy - The GlidArc process, invented at the University of Orleans, France, entails a discharge from a 10,000 volt power supply which glides continuously along diverging electrodes until this electric discharge blows off and repeats itself, creating low temperature plasma which creates syngas from the substrate in the presence of a catalyst. (PESWiki; March 27, 2010)
- MagneGas Plasma Arc Flow Reactors - MagneGas Technology has been developed to process liquid wastes into a clean burning fuel known as magnegas, plus heat and other usable byproducts, said processing occurring without noise, liquid, gaseous or other pollutions. New discoveries of science involved.
- Geoplasma LLC to turn dumps in electricity and roads - Company's technology converts landfills into electricity and roads, by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than parts of the sun. Lightning-like plasma arcs turn trash into gas and rock-like material.
Large-Scale Waste Recovery in Operation
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FOR SALE: ADGEX greenBLAZE MSW-to-Energy Plant - "greenBLAZE is a cutting-edge and lucrative solution, capable of converting [a wide range of feestock] wastes into safe and alternative energy sources. greenBLAZE is universal mobile multifunctional complex of closed cycle, without open combustion, based on the technology of high-temperature vacuum destruction. (PESWiki; January 26, 2016)
Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags - A plant in Horsholm, Denmark, that burns thousands of tons of household garbage and industrial waste, round the clock, uses new technology to convert trash into heat and electricity more cleanly. Why is Europe ahead of the U.S. in embracing clean incinerators that turn garbage into energy? (NY Times; Apr. 12, 2010)
- Waste Management joins with with InEnTech to convert waste to energy - Waste gasification, a process for converting garbage into fuel and electricity without incinerating it, may be a step closer to large-scale commercialization. Industry heaviweight, Waste Management, has entered into a joint venture with InEnTec of Richland, WA to commercialize its plasma-gasification technology, forming S4 Energy Solutions. (MIT Technology Review; May 27, 2009)
- What To Do With All This Waste? Part 1 - A look at two industry leaders: BlueFire Ethanol and Waste Management, which runs 103 of the 425 landfill gas thermal electric operations in the U.S.
- Featured: Waste to Energy > Plasma
InEnTec's Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) System - Transforms virtually any type of waste material into valuable commercial products with Plasma Enhanced Melter Systems. The technology is currently being demonstrated in Richland, WA, where the PEM™ can process 25 tons of the community's waste per day. (PESWiki; Dec. 4, 2008)
- Jenbacher Biogas Engine - There are presently 457 GE Jenbacher gas engines running on biogas, with a total installed capacity of 285 MW. The captured gas is used to generate 2.28 million megawatt-hours of electricity each year. The latest are installed in Limena, Italy on a cattle farm. (Ecomagination' Press Release'; June 4, 2008)
- BlueFire Ethanol - BlueFire's use of the Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis Process Technology (Arkenol) positions it as the only cellulose-to-ethanol company worldwide with demonstrated production of ethanol from urban trash, rice and wheat straws, wood waste and other agricultural residues.
- FirmGreen™ Energy, Inc. - FirmGreen's landfill gas-to-energy program involves a multi-faceted approach to energy development, producing ethanol, methanol and biodiesel, in addition to the conventional electric and pipeline gas commodities.
- Waste Management Inc - runs 103 of the 425 landfill gas thermal electric operations in the U.S. Waste Management Taps Clean Power From Garbage - Waste Management Inc. said it will speed up its tapping of gas from rotting garbage to generate clean power from 60 landfills over five years. Waste Management will bring turbines to the landfills to generate more than 700 megawatts of power a year, or enough power for about 700,000 homes. (Reuters; June 28, 2007)
- Non-Fossil Oil >
Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation -- Fast Pyrolysis - Carbon/greenhouse-gas-neutral, fast pyrolysis technology uses medium temperatures and oxygen-free conditions to turn dry waste biomass and non-food crops into BioOil® for power and heat generation. (PESWiki; Sept. 5, 2008)
- Changing World Technologies -Specializes in waste-to-energy, with two plants in operation. Energy and environmental service company that provides funding and management expertise; aimed at providing energy independence. Mission is to identify, introduce and commercialize environment-friendly energy technologies to the international marketplace.
- Fairchild International Corp. Announces Discovery of Almost Unlimited Inexpensive Natural Gas Substitute - No airborne emissions from inexpensive process that creates gas from biomass, waste wood, and low-grade coal. (PESN; May 16, 2005)
- Sweden is gathering methane from its landfills - 70 landfills around the country run turbines on methane; engough to power 50,000 households, refuse trucks, 60 government cars. Also, the steam from the turbines heats homes and three greenhouses. (DiscoveryChannel.ca; April 29, 2005)
- Energy Products of Idaho (EPI) - World leader in atmospheric fluidized bed combustion technology with more than 81 installations world wide, and over 5 million hours of operating experience. EPI has completed energy systems operating on a wider variety of fuels than any any other fluid bed supplier in the world. Waste input: agriculture, wood, paper, livestock, fossil fuels, RDF (refuse), industrial, sewage. Output: electricity, steam/hot water, thermal fluids, hot gas for dryer.
- Naanovo Energy Inc.: Waste to Energy Solutions - A world leader in biomass and municipal solid waste incineration technology, as well as new and innovative waste-heat to energy technologies.
- $300,000,000 plant in Mexico signed - Each of Naanovo Energy's 12 modules being installed can handle 180 tons of municipal waste/day, reducing volume below 10% and weight to 20%, and dispatching 146,000 gallons of water per day. Total generative capacity: 6 MW minimum. (BusinessWire; May 23, 2005)
- Barlow Projects, Inc. - Waste-to-Energy plant systems convert trash or biomass into steam and/or electricity. 5 Years in operation.
- Renewable Environmental Solutions - Joint venture with Changing World Technologies. In May, Renewable Environmental Solutions said its first commercial plant is selling oil produced from agricultural waste. The plant currently produces 100 to 200 barrels of oil per day. Converts hydrocarbons and organic wastes into clean solid, liquid and gaseous alternative fuels and specialty chemicals. (See technology description)
- Global Finest - Company offers a number of revolutionary earth-friendly technologies including depolymerization of waste products into usable fuel, recycling used tires
- GM Facilities Steam comes from Landfill Gas - Landfill gas is used for steam operations at seven General Motors assembly plants. (Renewable Energy Access; Feb. 14, 2005)
- I Never Used Dead Cats for Fuel - A German inventor said he has developed a method (KDV 500) to produce crude oil products from waste that he believes can be an answer to the soaring costs of fuel, but denied a German newspaper story implying he also used dead cats. (Reuters; Sept. 7, 2005)
- Integrated Environmental Technologies, LLC - Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) systems.
- InEnTec Environmental's proprietary Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM™) - transforms virtually any type of waste material into valuable commercial products. Richland Plasma Gasification (Dec. 3, 2008)
- Making Clean Energy from Waste - InEnTec has developed an alternative solution for waste. Rather than incinerating waste, InEnTec uses its Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) Systems to heat waste to very high temperatures using electrically charged gas (plasma), breaking down organic material and creating a variety of products. (Renewable Energy World; Dec. 1, 2008)
- GEM CANADA Waste to Energy - Uses thermal cracking technology without combustion, chimneys, dioxins, furans or fly ash. Accepts municipal solid waste, tires, plastic, motor oil, wood, sewer sludge, animal waste. 1.5 tons per hour; 24/7. Approx. 1 MW produced per ton.
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StarTech Environmental Corp Plasma Tech - Startech is a publicly traded waste-to-energy plasma arc technology company. 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 scheduled for Panama will be the largest such plant in the world.
- Nathaniel Energy - Proprietary Patented Technology, the "Thermal Combustor", is used to convert waste streams - such as tires, municipal waste, plastics, agricultural crops and waste, wood wastes, and many other forms of waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill - into energy. Funded company is fulfilling orders for installations internationally.
- Japan facility powers homes and melts snow with kitchen garbage - Garbage-processing center in Japan gets the electricity it needs from kitchen waste; can process 10 tons of refuse per day. The heat produced can also melt the snow on the city's streets during winter. (Japan Times, Sept. 10, 2004)
- Hot Trash-To-Fuel Technology Gathering Steam - Got garbage? Toxic trash? Zap it with a torch three times hotter than the sun and gather the resulting gas to fuel pollution-free cars and home power units. (Reuters; Feb. 27, 2004)
- The Planet Group - Planet Group waste technologies feature the advanced thermal treatment of waste, with energy recovery. BOS Gasification is modular, proven and efficient for MSW, industrial, clinical waste and much more.?
- ThermoEnergy - Patented ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System (TIPS) is designed to increase efficiency of fossil fuel plants, without air emissions. Company does retrofits as well as new installs.
- Landfill gas a great source of energy - Three California landfills together produce 5.5 MW of power. (Ventura County Star (subscription); Dec. 26, 2004)
- rotten garbage into gold - Methane from Trans-Jordan, Utah landfill may pump out enough to run 3 megawatt turbine; prototype testing under way. 10-year return on investment hoped. (Salt Lake Tribune; April 27, 2005)
Coal Plant Waste to Energy
- Featured: Waste to Energy > Biomass > CO2 Sequestration >
Power from CO2 and Fly Ash - By eliminating CO2 emissions, producing fuel, and reclaiming valuable metals from fly ash and flue emissions, MP BioMass offers technological solutions for coal power plants and other CO2 emitters to not only keep them from being shut down but increasing their profit margin. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; January 11, 2012)
Municipal Solutions Presently Available
- Featured: Biomass / Waste to Energy >
West Fabrication Institute's Taylor/Pyrox technology ready for commercial roll-out - West Fabrication Institute has developed a biomass and/or waste to energy technology using a dual fluid bed pyroxy process with refinements by Donald Gene Taylor. So biomass goes in, and fuel or electricity comes out. Same for municipal solid waste. PES introduces financial opportunity. (PESWiki; June 15, 2010) (Comment)
- Waste-to-Energy Technology Reaches Major Milestone: SDTC Celebrates Completion of Plasco Project - Sustainable Development Technology Canada adn Plasco Energy Group's Plasma Gasification for Municipal Solid Waste project has reached completion. Their Plasma Gasification process converts 75 tonnes a day of municipal solid waste into synthetic gas, inert solid material and heat. The gas is utilized in a power plant to produce electricity for sale into the electricity grid. (Marketwire; Oct. 22, 2009)
- San Francisco Announces 10 Million Gallon Biodiesel Plant! - San Francisco's proposed biodiesel plant would be situated within on old rendering facility in the Hunter's Point district owned by Darling International. Under the plan, the facility will be renovated to turn grease waste into useable, sustainable energy. (Inhabitat; Sept. 10, 2008)
- ReCyclone Transforms Garbage Into Energy - The PowerMaster ReCyclone™ acts like the wind inside a tornado, grinding garbage into tiny pieces. It takes ordinary trash and turns it into energy and reusable power sources like diesel fuel, while reducing landfill space by up the 97%. (NextEnergyNews; Aug. 14, 2008)
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Carbon Division converts waste materials into carbon and electricity in Hawaii - Flash Carbonization was developed by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is used to reduce landfill waste by as much as 30%. Carbon Diversion has an exclusive license to the technology for the state and a large part of the Pacific. (Carbon Division Blogspot; July 18, 2008)
- W2 Energy Birthing Affordable, Renewable Petrol - Imagine a gasoline and diesel source that is CO2 neutral, sulfur-free, derived from renewable sources, superior in its power performance to fossil-based fuels, and costs less than 1/7 of fossil-based fuels. The company has also built an engine to optimize use of the syngas portion of the product.
- StarTech Environmental Corp Plasma Tech - 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 scheduled for Panama will be the largest such plant in the world.
- MagneGas Plasma Arc Flow Reactors - MagneGas Technology has been developed to process liquid wastes into a clean burning fuel known as magnegas, plus heat and other usable byproducts, said processing occurring without noise, liquid, gaseous or other pollutions. New discoveries of science involved.
- Geoplasma LLC to turn dumps in electricity and roads - Company's technology converts landfills into electricity and roads, by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than parts of the sun. Lightning-like plasma arcs turn trash into gas and rock-like material.
- GRC Microwave Turns Carbon Items into Oil and Gas - Frank Pringle of Global Resource Corp (GRC) has invented and refined an efficient microwave energy process to turn plastics, discarded tires, and other carbon-based substances such as shale, coal, and tar sands into gas and oil.
- PyroGenesis - Technologies which use the intense energy found in plasma to convert waste into energy and useful materials, treat a range of industrial, hazardous, clinical and municipal waste streams on land. PyroGenesis has also developed a specialty system designed to treat various waste streams on board ships.
- BRI Energy - Technology for co-production of ethanol and electricity from organic wastes converts any carbonaceous material into fuel and other by-products without combustion. Gasification thermally decomposes organic material followed by fermentation with anaerobic bacteria to convert more than 90% of the feedstock.
- effenergy - Distributed Environmental Power Systems (DEPS) use Thermal Transformation, a hybrid of pyrolysis and gasification, to re-form solid waste into heat, steam, electricity and synthetic fuels. The T2™ system generates its own operating power, producing clean emissions and reliable energy sources.
- Creating Ethanol from Trash - A new system by Integrated Environmental Technologies for converting trash into ethanol using Plasma, could reduce the amount of waste in landfills while displacing fossil fuels used to power vehicles. The technology vaporizes organic materials to synthesize a variety of fuels at costs of between 10 and 95 cents per gallon. (MIT Technology Review; January 19, 2007)
- Plasco Energy Group - Uses plasma gasification to convert municipal solid waste into an energy-rich "syngas�? fuel used to generate electricity. It can process virtually any waste materials with no pollution, including those with high moisture or carbon content. Plasma Gasification has been used to safely dispose of hazardous waste for the last twenty years.
- PlascoEnergy to Build North America's First Waste Gasification Plant - The $125 million plant in Ottawa, Ontario is expected to be able to convert up to 400 metric tons of garbage a day into 21 megawatts of net electricity, which would be enough to power roughly 19,000 homes. (TreeHugger; June 2, 2008)
- PlascoEnergy to Build North America's First Waste Gasification Plant - The $125 million plant in Ottawa, Ontario is expected to be able to convert up to 400 metric tons of garbage a day into 21 megawatts of net electricity, which would be enough to power roughly 19,000 homes. (TreeHugger; June 2, 2008)
- Solena Group - Plasma Gasification Vitrification process produces clean, renewable energy while addressing waste management needs, at temperatures upwards of 5,000° C, yet no combustion is involved. Solena technology can be applied on land and at sea for disposing of contaminated sludge, cleaning up coal fines, and developing sources of localized, "distributed" power.
- Organic Energy - OE Gasification technology is applied in small-scale combined heat and power plants with a thermal output of 2–3 MW, low emissions and low ash. Each module can process up to 7,500 metric tons of solid waste per year, converting it into syngas, used by boilers to produce hot water, and to feed steam generators for the production of electricity.
- Plasma Environmental Technologies - Provides plasma-based systems for clean and cost-effective destruction of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Plasma-Assisted Gasifier (PAG) is a cogeneration system that destroys solid organic wastes while producing "green" energy as heat, steam or electricity. PARCON (Plasma Arc Conversion) is a mobile waste treatment facility that safely destroys liquid and gaseous organic waste.
- Energy Products of Idaho (EPI) - World leader in atmospheric fluidized bed combustion technology with more than 81 installations world wide, and over 5 million hours of operating experience. Waste input: agriculture, wood, paper, livestock, fossil fuels, RDF (refuse), industrial, sewage. Output: electricity, steam/hot water, thermal fluids, hot gas for dryer.
- Acrion Technologies is a technology leader in landfill gas clean up and utilization. Using proprietary "green" CO2 Wash™ Technology to clean landfill gas, Acrion's process converts landfill methane to medium BTU gas, electricity, pipeline gas, LNG or methanol, and enables recovery of liquid carbon dioxide.
Refinery Flaring Recovery
See Directory:Refinery Flaring Recovery
Animal and Crop Waste Processing
See Directory:Animal and Crop Waste to Energy - separate index page
Landfill Gas
- Landfill Gas to Energy: A Growing Alternative Energy Resource - Landfill gas is comprised of approximately 50-60 percent methane and 40-50 percent carbon dioxide. Waste Management (WM) has over 100 sites that have landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) facilities that collect methane and use it to fuel onsite engines or turbines, generating electricity to power surrounding homes and neighborhoods. (Treehugger; May 30, 2008)
- Scientists develop portable generator that turns trash into electricity - A group of scientists have created a portable refinery that efficiently converts food, paper and plastic trash into electricity. The machine, designed for the U.S. military, would allow soldiers in the field to convert waste into power and could have widespread civilian applications in the future. (PESN; Feb. 4, 2007)
- You Don't Need Oil to Make Fuel - Many things can be converted fuel, including crops, natural gas, waste, manure, and many other carbon-based substances. Coal can be turned to gas. Article by Governor Brian Schweitzer. (Truthout; Nov. 2005)
- Waste-to-Energy > TCP - Turning Waste into Oil - Two facilities are in operation which can take any material containing carbon (which is anything which has ever lived) and transmute it into a golden oil in just two hours. (American Energy Independence 2025; Nov. 2005)
- Agripower - Power From Trash - A company called AgriPower will begin production next year of a movable power generator fueled by a wide range of waste products, from walnut shells to discarded tires. (CNET; June 22, 2007)
- P-Fuel - Physicist patents garbage-to-gas substitute - Process extracts fuel from oat hulls, corn cobs, scrap paper, and any other kind of biomass you'd care to name, at estimated price of $1.80/gallon. (Palm Beach Post; May 13, 2004)
- University of Warwick Converting Sewage Waste into Power - Dr. Ashok Bhattacharya and his team have cracked the problem of how to extract very pure levels of hydrogen from wet bio-matter, such as sewage or paper mill waste using a nanocrystalline catalyst. (The Hindu; May 30, 2004)
Microbial Fuel Cells
See Directory:Microbial Fuel Cells
See Directory:Energy from Sewage - separage listing
Waste Heat Generators
- Featured: Waste to Energy >
Waste Heat Generators - We have established a directory of companies and technologies involved in efficiently extracting energy from waste heat. (PESWIki; Sept. 8. 2008)
Municipal Waste-to-Energy Research & Development
- CPD Process Turns Trash into Diesel Fuel - Green Power Inc has developed a catalytic pressureless depolymerization (CPD) process they call "NanoDiesel" that inexpensively converts biomass and municipal waste into high quality diesel fuel, which could solve the world's energy and waste problems at the same time, without upsetting the CO2 balance.
- Ecofasa turns waste to biodiesel using bacteria - The process doesn't yield that much actual fuel: just one liter of biodiesel from 10 kg of trash. The project is now in a development phase, but Ecofasa said that a commercially viable model could be ready in three to four years. (Patent) (Video Link" Spanish) (AutoBlog Green; Oct. 18, 2008)
- Modern-Day Alchemy: Turning Trash Into Power - GE, which aims to make $25 billion in annual sales from green businesses by 2010, is working to adapt its gasification technology, used to burn coal more cleanly, to turn municipal waste into a relatively clean-burning gas. Fletcher estimated that GE is about five to ten years away from making garbage gasification a paying business. (Planet Ark; May 22, 2008)
- Waste Water Plus Bacteria Make Hydrogen Fuel - Bacteria that feed on vinegar and waste water zapped with a shot of electricity could produce a clean hydrogen fuel to power vehicles that now run on petroleum. These microbial fuel cells can turn almost any biodegradable organic material into zero-emission hydrogen gas fuel. (PESWiki; Nov. 12, 2007)
- They're Recycling Their Brain Power - An extraordinary group of retired scientists and engineers in Asheville, N.C., is working to solve the area's environmental problems. (Parade; Oct. 31, 2004)
- BioMaxx Systems Inc - Converting cellulosic biomass that is currently being abandoned or land filled into ethanol and other valuable co-products. Holds the worldwide license to a new fermentation process.
- New 'Digester' Converts Garbage to Energy - University of California Davis prototype anaerobic digester to produce electricity, soil amendments for landscaping, and fiberboard for construction. (YubaNet; Oct. 7, 2004)
- Wastewater Could Treat Itself, Power City - The energy stored in Toronto's municipal wastewater could be harnessed to run water treatment facilities and contribute power to the city grid. Studies under way. (Solar Access; Sept. 24, 2004)
- Plastic to Energy in Japan - "A consortium of public and private players is planning to build poker tablesthe nation's first power plant that burns waste plastic as fuel. Plastic waste from the Tokyo Metro area will make up half the feedstock and industrial waste wil make up the balance. Plastic will be pelletized before shipment to the plant in Iwaki City in northern Fukushima prefecture. The government likes to refer to this as 'thermal recycling' so it fits in with government plans to promote incinerators with energy generation capability. They also see it as a first step toward 90% plastic 'recycling' by the next century." (GMI';' Jan. 95)
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Changing World Technology - Thermal Depolymerization Process - Technology claims to have a viable method of reforming organic waste into oil. However, the system has cost far more, and the small issues much larger than they had initially estimated. (PESWIki; Aug. 26, 2008)
- Carpet Discards to Energy - Shaw Industries plant in Georgia, US will produce steam energy from waste product. (EnergyInfoSource.com, Oct 7, 2004)
- Cow manure to light up farming community - Canadian farming community receives government funds to become the country's first municipality to be electrically powered by cow manure. (Big News Network, Canada; Oct. 26, 2004)
- DOJ Files Civil Action Against MagCorp for PCB Violations - Leading U.S. polluter, US Magnesium Corporation of Salt Lake City, has been on the EPA's list as the largest toxic air polluter in the country. Though it has improved, it is still significantly lacking. Local inventor said he demonstrated the successful burning of some of their emissions for energy and clean-up, but they declined to integrate the technique. (PESN; May 12, 2005)
Non-Energy Related
- Free-lunch foragers - 'Freegans' are a growing subculture that has opted out of capitalism by cutting spending habits and living off consumer waste. (LA Times; Sept. 11, 2007)
- Tornado in a Can - pulverizes down to micrometer powder; demonstrates an "overunity" phenomenon. (MSNBC; April 26, 2004)
- Avantis - "The chemical industry is experiencing rapidly increasing feedstock and energy costs, regulatory pressures, high volatility of raw material costs, employee downsizing and customer service call center outsourcing, as well as concerns over foreign competition and geopolitical events. Fortunately, there's Avantis -- today's most effective enterprise asset management solution that can reduce the risk of implementation with pre-defined work processes and best practices. One specifically tailored to help chemical producers do more with less."
- Advanced Technology Feasibility Group - Operational prototype converts refuse into building materials, including 2 x 4s studs, 2 x 6 etc, railroad ties, bricks, roofing shingles, culverts. Looking for investors.
- Diamond Z Manufacturing - recycling and refuse handling machinery such as garbage grinders (useful for waste-to-energy projects).
- Enviro-Bricks - "With the solid look of a brick home, and the environmentally responsible aspect of mass recycling, Enviro-Bricks provide the answer to a very critical worldwide need." R40 insulation.
- Flame Resistant Polycarbonate from Fly Ash - NEC Corporation has developed a low energy consuming method of manufacturing a flame resistant polycarbonate using the by product of thermal power plants. (PhysOrg; Nov. 12, 2004)
Nuclear Waste to Energy
- Beta Voltaics - Claim long duration power cells that convert radioactive materials to inert. Skeptic comments included.
- Cleaning Uranium Waste with Bacteria - U.S. researchers have discovered that some common bacteria (Shewanella) can convert deadly heavy metal into less threatening nano-spheres; and that these bacteria can convert soluble radioactive uranium into a non-toxic solid form called uraninite. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratories; Aug. 7, 2006) (See [1] discussion)
See also Directory:Plastic and Energy - separate listing
- Ethanol >
Companies Transform Scrap Cardboard Into Ethanol Fuel - A new partnership between a paperboard mill and a biofuel producer is now producing ethanol fuel from scrap cardboard fiber, including the 5% portion that usually enters the waste stream. The cardboard ethanol is expected to emit 80% less carbon emissions than regular gasoline. (Inhabitat; May 31, 2010)
- Efficient Cardboard Recycling for Companies - New roto compactors improve company efficiencies in managing large volumes of cardboard waste streams for producing ethanol fuel (CMD Ergonomic Solutions; March 2014)
Refinery Flaring
- Making Sour Gas Into Sweet Energy - Microturbines were the perfect choice for Amerada Hess' Newburg oil field, largely because the small engines boast a higher sulfur tolerance than do reciprocating engines and reduced total emissions from flaring operations at the field by an average of 75%. (Distributed Energy; May/June 2008)
- Waste to Energy / Directory:Solar >
Largest Water Solar Heater with PET Bottles Installed in Parana, Brazil - The State of Parana in Brazil, hosts the largest solar water heater in Brazil, built with 1.8 thousand PET bottles and 1.5 thousand tetra-packs. The heater was installed in Palmas, in southern Parana, over a building belonging to the Brazilian army that serves as home for 50 soldiers and consumes eight thousand liters of water daily. (TreeHugger; August 11, 2008)
- IBM Pioneers Process to Turn Waste into Solar Energy - IBM has developed a new semiconductor wafer reclamation process that uses a specialized pattern removal technique to repurpose scrap semiconductor wafers to a form used to manufacture silicon-based solar panels. (PhysOrg; Oct. 30, 2007)
Research & Development
- Trash-fed generator deployed in Iraq - The U.S. Army is testing two prototype generators in Iraq that run on garbage, rather than diesel fuel. The Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery (TGER, pronounced "tiger"), was co-developed with Purdue University and deployed in May at Victory Base camp in Baghdad, where it will be tested until August 2008. (CNet News; June 19, 2008)
- Scientists develop portable generator that turns trash into electricity - $1 million later and they have the first portable refinery that efficiently converts food, paper and plastic trash into electricity. (Purdue University; Feb, 1 2007)
- US Military Investigating Fuel from Waste - Diversified Energy and Velocys are working together on a portable system that converts coal, natural gas, and biomass into diesel and jet fuel. The military could use the system to convert waste created at military bases--food scraps, paper, wood--into a fuel for military jets and vehicles.
- Waste Water Plus Bacteria Make Hydrogen Fuel - Bacteria that feed on vinegar and waste water zapped with a shot of electricity could produce a clean hydrogen fuel to power vehicles that now run on petroleum. These microbial fuel cells can turn almost any biodegradable organic material into zero-emission hydrogen gas fuel.
- Reincarnated material turns waste heat into power - A major boost in the effectiveness of a material that transforms waste heat into electricity could significantly boost energy efficiency in anything from air conditioners to car engines. It is the first major improvement in such "thermoelectric" materials in 50 years, say researchers. (New Scientist; Mar. 20, 2008)
- Biofuels from Wood Chips - Three University of California campuses and West Biofuels LLC, will develop a prototype research reactor to make biofuels without food crops or microbial fermentation. It will use steam, sand and catalysts to efficiently convert forest, urban, and agricultural "cellulosic�? wastes into alcohol that can be used as a gasoline additive. (PhysOrg; Jun. 12, 2007)
- Michaud Atmospheric Vortex Engine - Louis Michaud's atmosphere vortex engine would harness waste heat from power plants and other heat sources, creating a stationary tornado and capturing the rotational force.
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- ASTM D6866 - This method, which is an industrial application of radiocarbon dating, measures the biogenic fraction of waste-derived fuel combustion emissions. Through ASTM D6866, companies that combust municipal solid waste, tires, and other waste materials can determine the biomass fraction of the waste.
- Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation - The company makes biodiesel processors, ethanol stills, methane digesters for biogas and algae photo bioreactors for the biofuels industry.
- Bios Fuel > Diesel Drives 3000 km on Water and Waste Oil - Bios Fuel Corporation of New Zealand drove a Toyota Landcruiser across the Australian Desert from Darwin to Adelaide, running a virtually unmodified diesel engine on 40% Water and 60% Waste Mineral oil as part of the Greenfleet Class of the Panasonic World Solar Challenge. (PESN; Nov. 7, 2007)
- Whaste Technology - The REFLOW process accepts a stream containing organic materials, such as municipal liquid waste or industrial and agricultural streams and converts it into a renewable energy source. It can be used as a solid fuel or, with additional processing converted into a synthetic gas or liquid fuel. Only 20% to 30% of the energy produced is required to drive the process.
- Butanol via Gasification - Energy Quest announced plans to produce butanol via gasification and catalytic conversion of coal and waste biomass, using its fluidized bed gasifier and PyStR (Pyrolysis Steam Reforming) process. Butanol is an alcohol with advantages over ethanol, that can be used in unmodified gas engines. (Green Car Congress; Jun. 11, 2007)
- QuestAir Makes First Sale into European Biogas Market - QuestAir Technologies has received an order for a pressure swing adsorption system to recover pipeline grade methane from biogas generated by the anaerobic digestion of organic wastes. There is growing interest across the EU in the use of renewable methane to replace imported natural gas and CNG transportation fuel. (Green Car Congress; January 24, 2007)
- Ze-gen - Developer of waste gasification technology which converts construction and demolition waste and municipal solid waste into near zero-emissions synthetic natural gas and electrical energy. Integrates commercially proven technology sub-systems into a modular design using molten bath gasification.
- Scientists develop portable generator that turns trash into electricity - A group of scientists have created a portable refinery that efficiently converts food, paper and plastic trash into electricity. The machine, designed for the U.S. military, would allow soldiers in the field to convert waste into power and could have widespread civilian applications in the future. (PESN; Feb. 4, 2007)
- Ozmotech - ThermoFuel technology recovers synthetic diesel fuel from waste plastic for less than 30 cents per litre. Already in operation in Japan for power generators, the new process produces a superior quality road fuel suitable for all types of diesel engines. European contracts have been signed with Ozmo Energy, Cynar and EnvoSmart.
- Trash to fuel gets 2nd shot - The KDV-500 catalytic pressureless depolymerization technology by Germany's AlphaKat is claimed to turn trash into diesel fuel in 3 minutes. It uses catalysts in crystallic form in a high speed turbulence system with a production cost of 0.23 €/l. (WyomingNews; Feb. 10, 2007)
- Poo Power : N-Viro Fuel Tested in Coal-Fired Plant - N-Viro International successfully tested a blend of coal and N-Viro Fuel at a major power generation facility. N-Viro Fuel is a biomass fuel that has physical and chemical characteristics similar to coal. It is created from municipal waste or manure utilizing alkaline stabilization and mechanical drying. (Water and Wastewater.com; Mar. 8, 2007) (Thanks Keelynet)
- Bio-Petrol.com - Developing a process of low temperature thermochemical conversion of municipal sewage sludge into oil. It can also process agri-wastes, bagasse, pulp and paper residues, tannery sludge and other end-of-life products such as plastics, tires and the organics in municipal solid waste.
- Enerkem - Enerkem's technology enables the chemical recycling of waste into high value, market-ready fuels and chemicals such as methanol, ethanol and synthetic diesel. Gasification is conducted using air or oxygen as partial oxidation agent for the desired synthetic gas composition.
- Quadrise Canada - an alternative liquid fuel system called MSAR™ Multiphase Superfine Atomized Residue, which can be burned as an efficient energy source in many industrial applications. Uses bitumen and heavy residue feedstock. Ideal disposal method for refinery residue products.
- GreenFuel Technologies Emissions-to-Biofuels™ (E2B™) process harnesses photosynthesis to grow algae, capture CO2 and produce high-energy biomass. Retrofitting fossil-fired power plants and other anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide, the algae can be economically converted to solid fuel, methane, or liquid transportation fuels such as biodiesel and ethanol.
- GreenShift Technology Converts Agricultural Waste into Biofuels - New wastewater processing technology for livestock and poultry processing facilities dramatically reduces waste disposal costs and produces biodiesel.
- Xethanol uses locally available biomass rather than corn as the primary raw material for ethanol production. Biomass is organic waste material and includes everything from wood chips and yard waste, to corn stover and municipal solid waste.
- Eprida process can operate at small scale, converting waste biomass into fuel and fertilizer. The diesel produced will ultimately be more valuable than ethanol or methanol, and the Eprida process can convert woody plant materials that cannot be cost effectively fermented.
- DynaMotive is commercializing a "fast pyrolysis" process that converts forest and agricultural residue (including bark) into liquid BioOil and char. BioOil is a clean burning fuel that will initially be used in stationary gas turbines and diesel engines in the forest industry. The char is a high BTU (heating value) solid fuel that can be used in kilns, boilers and the briquette industry.
- Beijing Roy Environment Technology - Royco manufactures a reactor unit (EZ-Oil Generator) for the conversion of waste plastics and waste oil into high grade petroleum products, and very soon into electricity (EZ-PowerGen in R&D now). The system utilizes Far Infrared Inner Heating which dramatically reduces costs, virtually eliminates coking and has the most efficient processing record of all other methods.
- ForeverGreen Enterprises - We manufacture Green Hydrogen™ using waste materials as feed stocks. At the core of the Progressive Molecular Dissociation™ process is a plasma-based system that destroys feed stock materials at the molecular level using a thermal reduction process. It does not involve combustion. Materials are completely and irreversibly destroyed at the molecular level.
- Kompogas - To produce energy from yard and kitchen waste, biogenous waste is first freed of foreign matter and then fed to the fermenter. In the entirely enclosed reactor operating according to the anaerobic principle (with absence of oxygen), microorganisms transform the organic substance present in the material into compost and biogas.
- Nova Fuels - Utilizing a process of gasification, Nova Fuels can ease disposal problems by using what are often problematic waste streams, such as municipal solid waste (presorted), green waste, agricultural and forest byproducts, while generating a renewable supply of fuel alcohols.
- Plastic Advanced Recycling Corporation - PARC is an Illinois Corporation that owns the USA and international patent rights for a catalytic process that turns waste plastic into hydrocarbon fuel, namely gasoline and diesel at an 80% conversion ratio. This is a proven technology with three processing plants currently operating for the last 10 years in the Peoples Republic of China.
- DiNano Ecotechnology - DiNano Thermolyte® (pat pending) Process of Converting Carbon based material to Gas and Petroleum. Unique system is capable of processing simultaneously most carbon based materials, such as coal, lignite, used tires, biomass, used oils of any description, Municipal Solid waste (presorted to remove ceramics, glass, batteries, steel), hospital waste (with special treatment) and convert them to crude oil which is then refined to diesel, with high yield and efficiency.
- Capstone MicroTurbine - As waste biodegrades at landfills, sewage treatment plants, livestock farms and food waste processing facilities, methane and other toxic gases are formed. Most sites flare those gases or let them vent into the air. Capstone MicroTurbines are turning that source of pollution into clean, renewable energy, to cut or virtually eliminate your facility's power bills.
- Redwood Rubber - Has developed a chemical free ultrasonic process that can recycle used tires into devulcanized rubber as a lower cost substitute for virgin rubber. The Redwood recycling and remolding process consumes a fraction of the energy needed to produce synthetic rubber from raw materials and drastically lowers waste disposal needs.
- Agri-Therm - Portable and stationary equipment for producing BIO-oils and products from agricultural residues, wastes and transition crops using "fast pyrolysis" by exposure to high temperatures in the absence of oxygen. The process produces gases, liquids and solids from a mobile pyrolysis plant that can be transported to the source of the waste product.
- ThermoEnergy - Converting sewage sludge to a renewable high-energy fuel, and enabling the conversion of coal and other hydrocarbon fuels into energy with zero air emissions. The ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System combines the combustion of carbonaceous fuels with recovery of by-products by pressurizing the entire combustion system to enable the use of gas-to-liquid steam-hydroscrubbing.
- BioEnergy Partners - Biomass will be efficiently converted into biofuel using pyrolysis technology, from paper, wood and Municipal wastes, sludge from water treatment plants, animal wastes and agricultural wastes remaining after harvests.
Tire Waste
- Nearly Nine Million Scrap Tires Burned for Power Generation at Aquila Missouri Plants - Since 1997, 8.3 million tires have been burned at the Aquila, Missouri power plant, effectively replaced the equivalent of 140,800 tons of coal. (BusinessWire; Aug. 1, 2005)
- Creative Energy Systems - Sewage and Landfill Clean-up with Energy Production; isolation of elements for recycling. Super-clean tire burner prototype operated 1 year. Full municipal waste and sewage to energy system has not yet to be assembled. Includes plasma technology.
- Ethanol from Garbage and Old Tires - Tubes packed with bundles of white fibers are the core of a bioreactor, which is the heart of a new technology that Coskata claims combine thermochemical and biological approaches to make ethanol out of wood chips, household garbage, grass, and old tires--indeed, just about any organic material. (MIT Technology Review; March/April 2008)
- Tire Recycling Breakthrough - Delta Energy's DEPolymerization™ process takes one of the world's biggest pollution problems - discarded tires - and turns them into usable fuel, made possible by a secret chemical compound. 99% of the original tire is turned into something useful, from natural gas to diesel fuel to carbon that can be reused in the rubber and plastics industry. (KXNet.com; Nov. 12, 2007)
- Klean Industries Converts Scrap Tires In To Nano Carbons - The next wave of waste processing. Unique pyrolysis technology converts virtually all hydrocarbon waste streams into highly purified virgin hydrocarbon and advanced material nanocarbons.
- [TirelessTech.com] - Non-combustive process recycles tires back to raw commodities such as carbon black, hydrogen, methane and a very fine crude oil. No emissions. Can also recycle medical waste or anything that is carbon based. In process of securing final investments and licensing rights. (Tipped anonymously at ZPEnergy by nephew of inventor)
The following 55-minute interviews were conducted by Sterling D. Allan as part of the Free Energy Now radio series.
- Download (13 mb; mp3) - Frank Pringle, Global Resource Corp, has invented and refined an efficient microwave energy process to turn plastics, discarded tires, and other carbon-based substances such as shale, coal, and tar sands into gas and oil. (Jan. 14, 2008)
- Download (13 mb; mp3) - Paul Pabor, VP of Renewable Energy, Waste Management, the company that comes around to haul off garbage, is increasingly turning some of that garbage into energy -- enough to power over one million homes -- the equivalent of 14 million barrels of oil per year or 3.6 million tons of coal. And the company has a goal to double that amount to 2 million homes by 2020. (Dec. 10, 2007)
- Download (13 mb; mp3) - Tom Beck, CEO of SHEC Labs talks about how his company is in process of installing their first commercial facility in Regina, SK Canada that will take the methane from the landfill and convert it to hydrogen using solar power, eliminating the methane by producing a valuable fuel. (Nov. 26, 2007)
- Download (13 mb; mp3) - Mike McLaren of W2Energy describes their biomass plasma reactor for plasma assisted conversion of biomass to liquid fuel. It efficiently produces green energy, both fuel (sulfur free diesel) and electricity, using the plasma as a high temperature catalyst. Company also has a patented rotary engine/ positive displacement pump energy system. (Oct. 8, 2007)
- Download (13 mb; mp3) - Joe Longo, President, CEO, StarTech, which converts trash to energy using a plasma process (featured in Popular Science, March 2007). (Mar. 10, 2007)
- Download (13 mb; mp3) - Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli of MagneGas, describes their process of producing fuel from waste using a plasma process. (Aug. 26, 2006)
- Trends > Free Energy / Waste to Energy / Pollution >
The Ramifications of Free Energy - Cheap fossil fuels have enabled the rapid expansion of human life; but what happens when resources run out? Free energy prolongs things and reverses some negative trends, but more thought needs to be put into considering long term trends and how to mitigate negative impact. (Cold Fusion Now; September 17, 2011)
- Energy That Cleans Up - A fuel cell fueled by microbes in wastewater also cleans the water. (MIT Technology Review; Mar. 22, 2004)
- Trash Talkers Tout 'Ray-Gun' to Zap Rubbish - NY Post article on Startech Environmental of Connecticut. Estimated time to market: 10 years. (Oct. 20, 2002)
- 'Waste to Energy Review - Overview of methanol extraction practices in use. Also gives biodeisel considerations. (Pollution Engineering; Michigan; Mar. 1, 2005)
- California to Argentina on Vegetable Oil - Family tanks up on waste grease collected from restaurants along the way through 11 country promotional tour. (The Star; July 27, 2004)
- Power Proposal Stinks - "Poo power" could soon be used to light up London's Science Museum as bosses consider recycling the contents of its loos. (Sky News; July 15, 2004)
- Japan facility powers homes and melts snow with kitchen garbage - SUNAGAWA, Hokkaido (Kyodo) A garbage-processing center in Japan gets the electricity it needs to operate all year round from kitchen waste, and can process 10 tons of refuse per day. The heat produced at Clean Plaza Kurukuru can also melt the snow on the city's streets during winter. (Japan Times, Sept. 10, 2004)
- WasteReports.com - Independent, up-to-date reviews of novel waste processing technologies covering operational reliability, economics and environmental performance. Reviews of individual proprietary processes, Executive Briefings that consider the role for the new technology families, and Information Sheets.
- Turning Garbage into Gold - Entrepreneurs are creating companies that exploit the creative opportunities in other people's junk, sparing the environment in the process. The article looks at green entrepreneurship in general and profiles some specific companies, whose products range from recycled printer cartridges to rubber sidewalks. (Business Week; August 17, 2006) (See Slashdot discussion)
- EntropicEnergy.com - Canadian company (not to be confused with Detroit company by same name) has a patent pending technology that can economically convert waste heat into electricity on a small scale (50 kW to 2 MW).
Government & Politics
- Canada joins EPA program - Canada has become the 16th nation to join the U.S. EPA's Methane to Markets Partnership, an international initiative designed to promote the recovery and use of methane, prevent greenhouse gas emissions, and provide sources of clean energy to communities, businesses and industry. (PhysOrg; July 14, 2005)
- Honda patents exhaust-heat-to-energy process - Honda has received a patent on an exhaust heat exchanger that harnesses the heat energy from the exhaust through a thermal exchange, which can then be converted into electrical energy through a thermal electric process or to drive a turbine/generator. (PESWiki; Aug. 21, 2006)
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WPP Energy Corp presents 4-1200 MW waste to energy power plants with 100% financing - "We provide a complete turnkey solutions of waste to energy power plants projects from 4-1,200 MW around the world. 100% financing to governments and private sectors against LOI & BCL." (WPPEnergy; Sept. 2010)
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Sumner Extending Pedestal Table & Aaron Chair 5-Piece Dining Set
- Overview
Reminiscent of mid-19th-century English pine furniture, our Sumner Pedestal Table is great for entertaining. It maximizes legroom while putting every guest within easy conversation range. The set's Aaron Chairs are crafted by skilled artisans, and feature a contoured seat and curved back for great comfort.
- Sumner Table: 48" diam, 30" h; extends to 72" l (seats 4-6)
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- Set includes Sumner Pedestal Dining Table and four Aaron Side Chairs.
- Table is handcrafted with a kiln-dried wood frame.
- Finish is weathered and distressed to reveal its grain pattern and detailed with saw marks and cutouts for a vintage look.
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Sumner Dining Table
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- Clearance Under Table: 27"
- Distance Between Legs: 34"
- Weight: 134 lb
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text: Home Culture What Whitney Houston Taught Me Single-Minded: As a black girl from a small town, I learned who is "the greatest love of all." By: Helena Andrews Posted: Feb. 14 2012 12:52 AM 0 AFP It was like a dirge of white noise all weekend. There was nowhere to hide at home because it was waiting in the background, calling to you from the next room, reminding you with a catchy hook of tragedy: Whitney Houston is dead. But while listening to the mostly repetitive litany of commentary on the legend's sudden death -- she was talented, she was troubled, she was trying -- one particularly smart talking head described Whitney as "the Jackie Robinson" of her time. Whitney wasn't just loved by black people; people from East Orange, N.J.; or the young girls who'd idolized her since she sat giggling on the 1981 cover of Seventeen magazine. Everyone loved her. And that collective, colorless coveting opened doors not just for other "crossover" pop divas like Mariah and Beyoncé but also for a little brown girl in a small town who saw another girl who looked like her only in the mirror. I spent a third of my life growing up on Santa Catalina Island, 26 miles across the sea from Southern California and from the previous life my mother and I had known in South Central Los Angeles. The two of us were the only black people there. We lived in the conservative Christian town of Avalon, which in 1987 had a population of about 2,000. To say I was an outcast on that tiny island -- brown in a sea of white surrounded on all sides by blue -- is to say the ocean is wet. The Cosby Show was my only respite, although a "friend" told me it wasn't "real." How could a doctor and lawyer who were both black be married? When I asked my mom, she said that some people were just ignorant. I wasn't sure if she meant me (who'd asked) or my friend. I had few friends. So when Wendy, the most beautiful girl in our sixth-grade class, asked me to sing in the annual Rotary Club talent show with her, I jumped at the chance. Wendy and I, along with the girl who boycotted The Cosby Show, were going to perform a special rendition of the Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love." We practiced to a cassette tape after school -- the self-defense move for "Stop!" and corkscrewing fingers from head to shoulder for "think it oo-oo-vah." Wendy was our choreographer, costume designer and makeup artist. And the really genius part? Wendy announced, as we practiced poses in front of her mother's bathroom mirror, that we should all wear "foundation" -- you know, to look more like the Supremes. Awesome idea. I ran home to tell Frances, my mother, that I needed to borrow some of her Fashion Fair. When she asked me what for, I told her. "Can you believe these little fools wanted to perform in blackface?" I heard her say over the phone to someone back home. In the end I performed a solo "Wind Beneath My Wings" after three weeks of private singing lessons and won third place. I always say people expected me to be good. The next year, I was poised for the top prize. A friend of the family sent over an emerald green dress made of taffeta and black velvet with voluminous sleeves that looked like fancy swimmies. My mother dyed a pair of lace stockings black to match. My "heels" had bows on the front that were bigger than my fists. I'd even gotten a perm. Now all I needed was an actual song to sing. It had been decided that I'd do another solo, which was perfect, since no one would sing with me anyway after my mom had made such a fuss the year before. Plus, I'd grown in confidence in the last 12 months. Sure, I still stood out, but I was no longer the new kid on the island -- just the black one. Bette Midler had worked for me the year before, so I flipped through her songbook at the local karaoke bar where my mom worked while I waited for Frances to finish her shift. None of the songs on the Divine Miss M's playlist spoke to me; everything sounded old. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"? My choices were limited. Frustrated, I almost resigned myself to forgetting the whole thing. Later that night, my mom gave me a crumbled printout of "The Greatest Love of All," and I screamed. Of course! What had I been thinking? I set out to memorize the real lyrics, immediately replacing my misheard version of the song. It was "and if by chance that special place," not "and if by lance that freshal face." The more I learned, the more I understood why my mom had chosen it for me. The song was about confidence. It was about loving yourself, hugging yourself and depending on yourself. A hard but necessary lesson for any little girl, but especially a little girl drowning in a fishbowl without someone to look up to -- or someone who even looked like her outside her own living room. "The Greatest Love of All," I'd eventually figure out, is so obviously (but sometimes so elusively) your own. A black girl named Whitney Houston taught me that. I think I came in third again that year. The song ran on too long, according to the judges. So I was docked a couple of points. My mom called that a "technical knockout." And the rest of my friends said I'd been robbed. "You were amazing," I heard over and over that night from the mothers and fathers of children who called me names that you learn only from adults. My singing career didn't take off after that; something about me was not really able to sing beyond the occasional small-town talent show. But I'll never forget the lesson Whitney's lyrics taught me and no doubt countless little girls all over the country: Screw the people who don't believe in you, because the most important relationship you'll ever have is the one you have with yourself. I learned to stop looking for "someone to look up to" and looked in the mirror. Helena Andrews is a regular contributor to The Root and author of Bitch Is the New Black, a memoir in essays. Follow her on Twitter. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Whitney Houston Photos: A Career in Pictures In honor of the legendary singer, who died Feb. 11, we remember her life and career through photos. LOADING GALLERY... Page 1 of 2 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre 0


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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Police say three people are dead and one is in critical condition after a shooting in a Kansas City suburb.
Police were called to the home in Independence early Friday on a report of a home invasion.
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The victims were identified as 48-year-old Maria Hernandez; her boyfriend, Thomas Madrigal, and Hernandez's 20-year-old son, Antonio. The fourth person was not identified.
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Like everyone else, I think ZCS is a GREAT product. I have it installed on a FC4 box and everything seems to be fine until today. I can logon to the regular mail console but when I try to logon to the Admin Console, this is what I get:
HTTP Status 404 - /7071/zimbraAdmin
type Status report
message /7071/zimbraAdmin
description The requested resource (/7071/zimbraAdmin) is not available.
Apache Tomcat/5.5.15
Not sure what to do now or more importantly, why it happened.
Any help is greatly appreciated.


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|Dragons take 8th place on State Wrestling mats
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
Holyoke's six-man team that qualified for the 2009 State Wrestling Championships finished in eighth place with 88 points.
Coach Duane Stroh was quite emotional in expressing pride for his Dragon team members.
Each state participant contributed to the point-count, and gained great experience on the state mats.
Within the HHS success was Chad Stroh's second straight state championship, Mark Edmonds and Skyler Dittmer's third-place finishes, Luke Garrett's fourth-place effort and Brian Strong's sixth-place award.
As the only freshman in his 140-lb. weight division, Broc Pelle also performed well, earning one victory on the state mats in the first-round consolations Friday morning.
As a team, it was a goal to finish higher than last year (10th), which was accomplished. The extreme goal was to place in the top five.
While it was a goal to have two state finalists, Stroh said he's extemely proud of his five medalists. "We did what we needed to do."
"Next year our goal will be to get to full potential," added coach Stroh.
Paonia wins
team championship
Paonia scored 139.5 points to win the 2009 2A state championship in the field of 47 teams.
In the top 18, following Paonia were Wiggins 120, Rocky Ford 107, Hayden 103, Norwood 94.5, Ignacio 94, Rangely 92, Holyoke 88, Burlington 83.5, Sedgwick County 72.5, Holly 59, Akron 49, Wray 49, Simla 47, Stratton 46, Crowley County 44, Merino 44 and Dove Creek 43.
School record tied
Five place-winners on the state mats is the most any Dragon team has had. This year's team tied that record, set by the 1981 team.
In 1981, placewinners included Tim Bornhoft, second at 167 lbs.; Larry Stroh, third at 98; Dave Harris, third at 112; Dan Hirsch, third at heavyweight; and Todd Sprague, fifth at 105.
Ironically, that year's team also took six qualifiers to state. The team scored 89.5 points to place fourth, missing third by only 1.5 points.
Pelle gains valuable experience
Seeded in a very tough 140-lb. bracket, freshman Broc Pelle met up with the eventual third-place finisher in the first round on the state mats.
Pelle wrestled tough, losing an 11-17 decision to senior Raudel Lucero of Ignacio.
While Pelle was a little timid on his feet, coach Stroh said he wrestled a very good match and was in it the whole time.
First-round consolations led Pelle to a 13-3 major decision over senior Tyler Fox of Eads.
With several good attacks by Pelle in the first period, it was still a scoreless match. Pelle started in the down position in the second period, got an escape within 30 seconds and then went to work.
He took Fox down, got a couple of back points and then three more back points. Fox chose neutral to start the third period, and Pelle got a take-down.
In trying to get back points, Pelle got out of position. "He showed his maturity in backing away to give his opponent a point," said coach Stroh. Pelle got another take-down on a very nice Peterson counter on the edge of the mat, noted coach Stroh.
Pelle's tournament experience ended in second-round consolations when senior Mason Smith of Rocky Ford won a 15-0 tech fall.
He was definitely up against a more experienced wrestler, but was still trying hard, clear to the end, said Stroh.
Pelle did an outstanding job for the team, noted Stroh. "He improved every week," he added.
"He's the future," said Stroh of Pelle. "And he's going to be tough."
Pelle is glad for the state experience and said he hopes to be back next year.


text: So I've downloaded the Open Source version of Zimbra and I'm rolling up my sleeves to start setting up. I've read the docs on setting up multiple servers and just this morning fired up a box with LDAP, logging and zimbra-store. In that process I note that it asks me for the name of my smtp host. Since it looks like I can only enter 1 server name here, how does that impact having multiple mta's? What would be the correct entry? Right now my plan for testing is to setup 3 servers that should be able to handle about 500 accounts. 1 server for ldap, zimbra-store, & zimbra-logger and 2 servers for zimbra-mta's.


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DeKalb, IL (Sports Network) - Julius Brown netted 20 points to push the Toledo
Rockets to a 69-64 decision over the Northern Illinois Huskies in a Mid-
American Conference matchup at the Convocation Center.
Matt Smith contributed 14 points and blocked two shots to help Toledo (9-10,
5-3 MAC) pick up its third win in a row. Rian Pearson tallied 12 points, eight
rebounds, and four steals for the Rockets.
Abdel Nader recorded his second consecutive double-double with 19 points and
11 rebounds for NIU (5-15, 3-5), which has now lost five of its last seven
contests. Aksel Bolin scored 18 points and J.J. Cravatta came off the bench to
add 10 points.
Toledo shot 41.7 percent from the field and outscored the Huskies, 7-0, in
points off of turnovers in the opening 20 minutes on its way to a 28-24
halftime lead.
The Rockets pushed their lead to nine points just over three minutes after the
start of the second half, but NIU continued to battle back and managed to take
3-point lead at the 4:17 mark of the period when Nader knocked down a triple
to break a 55-55 tie. Toledo scored six consecutive points to go back on top
for good. The Huskies shot just 38.7 percent from the floor in the second half
while the Rockets converted 21-of-26 attempts at the charity stripe to hang on
for the win.
NIU was unable to defend their home court despite outscoring Toledo, 17-8, in
bench points and also, 9-2, in second chance points.
The Sports Network


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I'm having problems setting up my gmail account.
I've tried going by gmail directions on setting up an IMAp account and nothing has worked.
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Medicare 2016: Are you Ready?
Come and get a general overview of Medicare and what you need to know about it. Also, the Medicare Annual Election Period takes place October 15 to December 7, and allows seniors to buy a prescription drug plan or change their existing plan. Counselors will provide an introduction to Medicare Part D options and assist participants with finding a plan that meets their individual needs. Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) provide information about the Affordable Care Act, which goes into effect next year, and the changes may affect Medicare beneficiaries.
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A Cold Swim
It always amuses me every Memorial Day weekend how many flock to the shore to swim. Now if I suggested you go to the beach and swim on the Thanksgiving holiday you'd think I had lost it. Well, the ocean is actually warmer on Thanksgiving Day than it is on Memorial Day. Sure the air temperature is usually warmer but this tidbit always takes everyone by surprise. The water temperature on Thanksgiving is around sixty four degrees but on Memorial Day it's only around sixty one degrees. We have talked about the high heat capacity of water. That means it takes a lot of energy to change the temperature of water. The ocean is still recovering from winter and it hasn't received the added boost from the Gulf Stream. The atmosphere is vertically mixed but the oceans are horizontally mixed. That means layers of the same temperature and while these layers mix a little they do not mix over great vertical distances like the troposphere. If the kids insist on taking a dip please do not let them stay in very long. Maybe limit swimming to a half an hour at a time before coming out and warming back up. I'm not trying to be a buzz kill but you can get hypothermia in water that cold. When water temperatures are between fifty and sixty hypothermia can set in between one and two hours. The sun won't feel that hot but late May sun is the equivalent to July sun so keep applying the sunscreen. It will be so chilly this Memorial Day weekend folks should be less tempted to jump in the water. Welcome to summer !


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1949 Chevy Heating and Air Conditioning - Crimps 'n' HoseWritten by on January 1, 2010
You may remember that last month I installed a Vintage Air evaporator under the dash (almost!) in my project '49 Chevy, converted the stock heater controls to operate the air conditioning, and fabricated a bulkhead fitting to route the plumbing from the interior to the engine bay. Well, it's been a busy month, as not only did I plumb the brakes (see page 40), but also plumbed the air and heater hoses, and wired the air conditioning.
I'll not go into great detail on the wiring, as not only is it simple with wiring harnesses supplied by Vintage Air, but it's covered in the instruction manual that comes with the system; and other systems will be different. I will show you the major components, like the trinary safety switch, heater control valve, and their associated relays. Likewise, I won't delve into how auto air conditioning works, since we covered that in great detail in our May '08 issue. What I will concentrate on is the plumbing and how to crimp the hoses, as well as how to prepare them for crimping if you're not going to do it yourself. And let's face it, most of you won't because the tool is somewhat expensive and impractical if you're only going to tackle one or two systems. Your local automotive A/C supply house should be able to crimp hoses, but you need to make sure they crimp the fittings exactly where you want 'em, using the proper crimping tool!
Vintage Air offers its Sure Fit A/C kits for a wide range of cars with tailor-made bracketry, moldings, and ready-crimped hoses or hard lines, but can also help you with universal components. If you're like me, you require a unique system. Having never installed an A/C system before, I was pleased to see the Vintage Air kit was very complete, the instructions were easy to understand, and the whole deal was simple to accomplish if a methodical approach was taken. Yes, I actually read the instructions! Once the major components-the compressor, condenser, dryer, and evaporator-were mounted in the car, I plumbed the whole system without crimping any fittings, as the hose pushes into the fittings and will stay there during mockup. This turned out to be a wise move, as I moved the location of the hoses on the bulkhead fitting more than once, and added a Pro Line TiteFit hard line kit to the compressor after running hoses to it at first, for a neater appearance, and ease of removing the valve covers down the road.
Once I was happy with the way the hoses ran, and had ensured that all the writing on them was "facedown" so it couldn't be seen, I marked the hoses and fittings and was ready to get crimping. Or at least I was ready to let our resident tech center whizz, Jason, get crimping. Oh, and while it should be obvious, there's a circuit to be followed with the hoses; from the evaporator to the compressor, then to the condenser, to the dryer, through the safety switch, and back to the evaporator. Make sure you get this right and use the correct ports on each component! Some of the hoses and fittings are different sizes. There are three used-No. 6, No. 8, and No. 10-but it's still worth mentioning. Route the refrigerant lines as per the Vintage Air instructions and you can't go wrong.
There are a couple of other things worth mentioning before we dive under the dash, and that's that the evaporator needs a drain, for which I haven't decided where to drill through the floor yet. One refrigerant and both the heater fittings are tucked way up behind the evaporator and aren't easily accessible in my particular installation. If your's is the same, do yourself a favor and make sure you can access any hose clamps from underneath. This is especially applicable if you do as I did and attach these hoses before you fit the evaporator. Plan ahead, it'll be worth it in the future.
It should be noted that the four major components are sealed and filled with dry nitrogen under pressure, and the caps should not be removed prior to installation, as this will cause them to collect moisture and lead to reduced performance or even failure. Once the caps have been removed, you should aim to plumb the system as quickly as possible and have it evacuated to boil away any moisture before charging with 1.8 pounds of R134A refrigerant.
Before the system can be used, since I modified my controls using a '61-62 Impala conversion kit, I'll have to calibrate the control panel, but again the instructions for this are in the conversion kit manual and are straightforward. Finally, there's not much point having A/C in an un-insulated car, so invest in some form of heat insulation, and make sure all door and window seals are doing their job. OK, sleeves rolled up, here we go.
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The compressor and Powermaster alternator were bolted up next, with the Heim-joint bars providing adjustment. With the tall valve covers there isn't a lot of adjustability, so selecting the correct length belts will be crucial.More goodies from the Vintage Air boxes included the dryer, various sizes of A/C hose, all the relevant fittings, trinary safety switch, heater control valve, and necessary wiring.You'll save a lot of time and grief by investing in a pair of hose cutters like these, guaranteeing a straight cut every time.Once I'd practice-plumbed the entire system (you can push the A/C hose into the fittings without crimping them to test-fit) it was time to crimp the hoses. You'll highly unlikely possess the correct, and very expensive, tool to do this, so mark all the joints with a Sharpie (arrows) in a place where they won't be seen to preserve the alignment, and take them to your local specialist store. Straight fittings won't need marking but any angled fittings will. I ensured that the writing on the hoses was at the bottom, and therefore unseen in the final installation when I did this.Each fitting has a small hole (arrowed) which enables you to ensure the hose is pushed all the way into the fitting. A few drops of refrigerant oil on the inside of the hose helps it slide right in.Our Tech Center possesses an ATCO Crimp Die kit, so I could crimp the hoses in-house. Designed specifically for ATCO beadlock fittings, it features six sets of quick-change dies and produces the OEM-style triple bubble crimp that is recommended for R134A refrigerant. Several different types of these crimpers are available from Vintage Air.Once the correct die for the size hose was selected, it was installed in the tool, which was mounted in a vise.The hose and fitting were then placed in the die, ensuring they were still in alignment, and the bar at the top of the tool locked in place.
I used stock GM pulleys on my motor, but the water pump pulley ever so slightly fouled on the body of the Edelbrock water pump. Speedway Motors sell these pulley shims to provide correct alignment. I only had to use one 1/16-inch shim, though the kit contains two 1/16- and one 1/8-inch shims. On the left is a crankshaft pulley spacer to match the upper pulley's alignment.The drier has to be located between the condenser and the evaporator. I mounted it at the front of the inner fender, which obviously needs a little repair work before it's ready for paint!The condenser (listed in the Vintage Air catalog as for a '39-40 Ford or '55-57 Chevy) was mounted in front of the radiator, a triple flow design from U.S. Radiator, using Vintage Air's universal brackets. Be sure to mount the condenser with the larger No. 8 fitting at the top. The refrigerant lines were routed through the radiator support panel and will eventually pass through suitably sized grommets.I used stock GM pulleys on my motor, but the water pump pulley ever so slightly fouled on the body of the Edelbrock water pump. Speedway Motors sell these pulley shims to provide correct alignment. I only had to use one 1/16-inch shim, though the kit contains two 1/16- and one 1/8-inch shims. On the left is a crankshaft pulley spacer to match the upper pulley's alignment.Alignment of all the pulleys is vital, and now's the time to check it. I used an over-long belt to check that all the pulleys were true in relation to each other.In order to tension the belt while checking the pulley alignment, I used Vice Grips to clamp the excess under the crankshaft pulley.With all the refrigerant lines plumbed in the engine bay, I moved to the interior. With the evaporator removed, this is how the fittings pass through the firewall using the tube I fabricated last month. I routed the heater hoses at the top, and the A/C lines at the bottom, as they're not as flexible as the heater hoses and there's limited room for maneuver once the evaporator is installed.Both the heater hose (shown here) and refrigerant line fittings use rubber O-rings to seal the joint. Applying a little refrigerant oil (supplied) ensures they don't snag, tear, or otherwise get damaged during installation. Add a couple of drops of refrigerant oil to the threads on the fittings as well.
I installed the heater fittings and this beadlock refrigerant fitting before bolting the evaporator in place, as they're almost impossible to get to afterward in my application. Actually I installed over-length heater hoses, ensuring the hose clamps faced downward should I need to access later, and crimped the beadlock fitting to an over-long refrigerant hose, meaning I could fine-tune their lengths once the evaporator was in place.I had to make all the interior hoses 4 inches longer than necessary in order to be able to pull the bulkhead fitting out slightly, enabling me to tighten the fittings. Hose clamps still have to be added to the heater hoses here. While my idea was to use the original fresh-air tubes to hide much of the A/C and heater plumbing, I'll admit I made life unnecessarily complicated for myself with this arrangement.This picture belies just how tight for space everything is in this corner of the firewall. I even had to move the evaporator up by an inch, which puts it close to the wiper mechanism, in order for the heater hose you can see running across the top of the others (arrow) to clear. If only I'd welded up that huge hole in the firewall and used a regular bulkhead fitting as it was meant to be used, it would have been simpler.With the plumbing complete, I ran the duct hose from the various ports on the evaporator to the original Chevy de-mister vents, and to where I'll mount the louvers. Be sure to slightly stretch the duct hose and make the turns as smooth as possible to maximize airflow. But more on that particular part of the project another time!Next came the easy part; hooking up the wiring harness. Vintage Air makes this simple in the extreme and the power and ground harness is simply plugged into the evaporator next to the control panel wiring. Be sure to run the main harness ground to the negative terminal of the battery. Good grounds are essential with any electronic system.More simplicity. This harness also plugs into a female plug on the evaporator. The white wire is ground while the red leads to a 30-amp circuit breaker.Here's the circuit breaker (top), while the two relays are for the heater control valve and the A/C compressor. These are supplied pre-wired and the wiring diagram in the comprehensive instruction booklet is simple to follow. I mounted these just in front of the A-pillar, where they'll be covered by the kick panel.This is the trinary safety switch, which not only cuts off the compressor clutch at 30 psi or 406 psi, but also sends an electric fan engagement signal at 254 psi. Connect the trinary switch fan trigger to the same relay as your engine temperature switch. This arrangement will engage the fan with either engine temperature or A/C pressure. If you're running a mechanical fan, you only need a binary safety switch to cut off the compressor clutch at the high or low pressures. The trinary switch is mounted on the outside of the bulkhead fitting in the line between the dryer and the evaporator. It can be installed anywhere in the high-pressure liquid line between the condenser and the evaporator.Mounted in the heater line from the intake manifold to the evaporator, the heater control valve flows left to right (as shown here). The valve is directional, so pay attention to the arrow on the decal. Remember that the hose from the intake manifold is the high-pressure side, while the water pump is the low-pressure (suction) side. The heater control valve installs in the high-pressure line!


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The New Ute Event Center or no recreation center? A recreation center or no New Ute Event Center?
The best choice for the whole community certainly is to have both facilities. Why is it that some people see it only as either/or?
We have been greeted a couple of times now with the misconception that the New Ute Event Center is directly or indirectly taking funding from the recreation center, that the two projects must necessarily be in conflict. As was pointed out at the Nov. 7 city council meeting, by a council member, the money for the two projects comes from different city funds (or "pots," as he put it.)
What is most startling about the idea that the two ventures are in conflict is that their purposes are so similar. Both the recreation center and the New Ute Event Center (as well as the Brenden Theaters) provide activities in Rifle for which the citizens of Rifle otherwise have to leave town.
The Rifle Parks and Recreation Department is partly funded by a one cent sales tax that the community passed several years ago, which will only benefit from having both the New Ute Event Center and the recreation center functioning and bringing in business. The department also benefits from grant sources available specifically for parks and recreation.
The New Ute Event Center will receive some money from the city capital fund, some from the visitor improvement fund, Downtown Development Authority, Federal Mineral Lease Severance funds, other city sources, as well as several grants, memberships and donations. The very best scenario is that both facilities will be self-sustaining with solid community use and support once they are in place.
The New Ute Theatre Society (NUTS) supports the recreation center and understands the best way to improve funding for parks and recreation, which includes the recreation center, is to have a healthy Rifle economy to produce more sales tax from local activities, instead of sending the population out of town to produce revenue for other communities.
The Sustainable Main Street Initiative recognized the New Ute as a cornerstone for revitalizing the downtown core. How nice it would be for folks from other communities to come here for recreation and/or entertainment, and contributing to Rifle's economy and the sales tax that supports parks and recreation.
It is time to retire the defeatist idea that Rifle is the poor relative of the valley that cannot afford the facilities and amenities that contribute to a vital, healthy community. When the population of the community enjoys its recreation and entertainment right here in Rifle, the economy of the city will only get better. The positive impacts these projects will produce in conjunction with each other should improve the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of Rifle, Colorado.
Elizabeth Stuver is a board member of the New Ute Theatre Society. For information about the events center project, call (970) 414-0834 or go online to utetheater.com. Mailing address is P.O. Box 907, Rifle, CO 81650.