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increasing its market dominance in the region. DP CleanTech’s success in China has driven further improvements to its core product and the company has plans to release a new straw boiler to meet the increasing demand. To date, DP CleanTech has completed 27 biomass power plants in China and has another 24 under development. The latest three boilers were sold to China Everbright International. The projects will be delivered in Linyi, Laiyang and Shuyang in Eastern China. The boilers have been designed specifically to convert Chinese soft straw into high-temperature, high-pressure steam. Each biomass power plant will deliver 30 megawatts of electricity to the China state grid. . Ziemba joins Michael Best Leah Hurtgen Ziemba has joined Michael Best & Friedrich LLP as an associate in its Madison, Wis., office. Ziemba will join the firm’s Energy and Sustainability Industry Leah Hurtgen Ziemba will focus Team, focusing her on siting and practice on the siting permitting new and permitting of new development and development, including counseling clients agricultural and energy on environmental matters. projects, and counseling clients on environmental matters. Ziemba has experience in environmental/natural resource law involving air, water, solid and hazardous waste. She has counseled project developers and utilities regarding permitting and environmental concerns related to nuclear power plants and energy, wind and biogas developments. Ziemba has assisted clients regarding greenhouse gas emission regulation, carbon credits and renewable portfolio standards, and regularly handles environmental matters arising under federal and state law.
TransGlobal Assets to expand biomass system TransGlobal Assets Inc.’s joint venture partner, Helios Inc. of India, has made engineering advancements to its biomass unit design, allowing the system to use virtually all forms of waste generated by humans and animals, and convert it into saleable electricity and byproducts. The advancements position TransGlobal Assets to supply a completely portable and modular all-waste management solution for commercial-scale use. By engineering the system to process a wider variety of waste inputs, the company can expand its business beyond landfill clean-up and management to a broader range of commercial industries that also generate and manage high volumes of waste, including medical waste, commercial poultry, swine and livestock production, human sewage, wood, plastic, glass, metal and rubber refuse (including tires), yard and garden debris and more. Nothmann appointed to biomass advisory committee David Nothmann, ArborGen Inc.’s vice president of business and product development, has been named by the U.S. secretaries of energy and agriculture to serve on the Biomass Research and Develop- ArborGen's David Nothmann has ment Technical Advibeen tapped sory Committee. Jointly to serve on the Biomass Research administered by U.S. and Development DOE and USDA, the Technical Advisory committee includes vol- Committee. unteers from industry, academia, nonprofit and local government entities. Nothmann’s appointment is until Nov. 30, 2013. As a committee member, he will advise the Biomass Research and Development Board, which coordinates re-
search and development activities related to biofuels. The committee offers expertise on strategic planning and the technical aspects of the Biomass Research and Development Initiative, which is directed to address feedstock development, biofuels and biobased products development and biofuels development analysis. The committee will aid the DOE and USDA in building a sustainable biomass energy industry. SDSU VP appointed to national biomass team South Dakota State University Vice President for Research Kevin Kephart has been appointed to the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee Kevin Kephart's expertise in because of his experbiobased fuels and tise in biobased fuels products led to his and products. The U.S. appointment on the Biomass Research secretaries of energy and Development and agriculture jointly Technical Advisory appointed Kephart to Committee. the committee. Kephart will serve through November 2013. The biomass committee’s role is to offer advice and council to the two federal agencies to help meet important goals in federal legislation intended to improve national energy security. Biobased products are industrial products such as chemicals, materials and polymers produced from biomass. The definition in the federal legislation also includes commercial or industrial products, including animal feed and electric power.
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