Keeping a Renewable Energy Plant out of Hot Water
Covanta Energy is one of North America’s largest owners and operators of waste-to-energy plants and other renewable power facilities. Its more than sixty facilities...
Finding an Eco-friendly Natural Gas Equivalent
In winter 2019, the German biogas plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower has started building a biomethane plant near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom....
Modernizing a Major Cement Plant in Oman
By Chris Brand, ABB
Oman Cement Company (OCC) has built on a long-term ABB relationship with the installation of state-of-the-art digital solutions. ABB Ability™ System...
Measuring the True Performance of Pumps in Operation
A recent large-scale testing program was conducted across Ontario in which the actual performance and efficiency of water pumps was assessed and compared against...
When Gas Power Meets Green Power
GE recently began commercial operation for GS Power’s Anyang Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant Unit 2-2 in Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea....
Clogs Get a “Get Out of Jail Free” Card
Although by no means overwhelming, clogging problems in a county prison wastewater treatment system had simply become a nuisance, and it was time to...
High-Performance without the High Costs
When the Danish construction company Jokobsen and Blindlilde A/S was contracted to clean up a lake close to a residential area, they rented an...
Control Point Added at San Antonio Water and Sewer
AVT’s EZ Valve has been used to create a control point at the San Antonio Water and Sewer (SAWS) main pump station after a...
Sonoma County Improves Sludge Handling with Screw Press Pump Technology: Part...
Last month, we started an examination of a major sludge handling upgrade by California’s Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA), specifically replacing their existing sludge...
Large Utility Turns to Artificial Intelligence at Major Pump Station
Genesee County, Michigan, is considered to be part of the greater Mid-Michigan Area. The population as of the 2010 census was about 425,000, making...