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needed equipment. In response to the current trend toward leasing over purchasing, Dust Control Technology has announced an expansion of its program. The company now has 30 to 40 DustBoss machines in its fleet at any given time, ensuring ready availability. With a variety of differentsized machines available for short- or longterm lease, the company has units to suit virtually any project size.
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Contractors offer rentals for dust suppression
CLEARING THE AIR: Companies requiring dust suppression can lease machines instead of purchasing them.
At a time when contractors and bulk material handlers are finding capital equipment budgets squeezed, many companies requiring high-performance dust suppression are turning to rental options to obtain
Martin Engineering to open business unit in India Martin Engineering plans to open a business unit in Pune, India. The company has been active in the Indian market since 2004, establishing a solid presence through its licensee, Thejo, to distribute and support select bulk material handling technologies. Already incorporated in India, Martin Engineering completed a market study and entry strategy in 2010, finding huge potential in further developing its business there. The company expects to have full operating capabilities by the second quarter of 2011. In addition to the Pune facility, Martin Engineering will have sales and service offices and staff in three other areas of India: Calcutta, Delhi and Chennai. HRE forms Homeland Biogas Energy Homeland Renewable Energy, the agricultural-waste-to-energy specialist, announced the establishment of its new division Homeland Biogas Energy, which is focused on turning animal agriculture waste and other organic waste streams into usable energy for America. The new division develops, owns and operates anaerobic digestion plants capable of producing various forms of renewable energy. HB Energy has an initial pipeline of eight projects, with an estimated total capital cost of over $150 million.
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New software available for trigeneration, district cooling The energyPRO V4.1 software package from EMD has been expanded with new features allowing users to prepare detailed techno-economic modeling of trigeneration projects. These types of projects have so far been difficult for engineers to model precisely due to their complexity. With the newest energyPRO V4.1 software release, modeling of trigeneration projects can now be made on an hourly basis throughout the year. Based on the inputs, energyPRO can produce a full feasibility study for the proposed project for its whole project period. The software package allows users to include the benefits of using thermal energy storage when modeling cogeneration, trigeneration or integrated energy schemes. For information about energyPRO V4.1 and to download a demo version, go to www.emd.dk/energyPRO. NEF to supply miscanthus rhizomes to North American farmers
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Biomass project earns Storey employee of the year title Years of extensive work on a biomass combined-heat-andpower plant project have earned Brett Storey, project manager for Placer County, Calif., the District 3 County Brett Story was Employee of the Year named District 3 County Employee title. The 2-megawatt of the Year because plant on the north end of his work on of Lake Tahoe will use a biomass CHP forest residues to heat project. schools, businesses and other structures in a 30mile radius. Besides providing clean energy, it will also be an effective solution to the catastrophic wildfires the region has experienced. Storey was hired in 2006 to help develop a solution to that problem and came up with the biomass plant proposal within one year. If all goes well, the facility could be operational by 2013.
GREAT GRASS: New Energy Farms supplies miscanthus rhizomes for growers in the U.S. and Canada.
New Energy Farms announced the opening of two large-scale facilities to supply miscanthus rhizomes in Canada and the U.S. From these sites NEF has the capability to produce tens of thousands of acres of miscanthus rhizomes from 2011 onward. The U.S. NEF site is in Tifton, Ga., and the Canadian site is in Ontario. NEF, which has more than 10 years experience