Nos déchets seront désormais source d’énergie. Une nouvelle directive cadre qui prévoit la valorisation énergétique des déchets a été adoptée le 20 octobre par les ministres de l’Environnement. 5 étapes hiérarchisent leur gestion : la prévention, le réemploi, le recyclage, la récupération (incinération), la mise en décharge sûre. Les pays devront adopter des programmes de prévention 5 ans après l’entrée en vigueur de la directive. D’ici à 2020, tous les pays membres devront recycler 50% de leurs déchets ménagers et 70% de leurs déchets de construction et de démolition.
Source : [CCI de la Martinique] Newsletter Internationale Euractiv.com
Date: 10-23-2008
Source: GreenFuel Technologies Corporation
Of all the biofuel feedstock options currently on the table, the only one with a real shot of displacing significant quantities of fossil fuels is algae. To date there have been a number of participants in the race to produce commercial quantities of algae oil, but few have produced much beyond demonstration projects.
Though GreenFuel Technologies is still among those, the company has announced a deal which it hopes will move it from pilot projects to commercial-scale operations.
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): Nevis’ geothermal energy exploration may provide a solution to high energy prices. This is the view of St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas following his first visit to Hamilton Estate to see the drilling exercise being undertaken by the West Indies Power (WIP). Premier of Nevis, Joseph Parry invited Prime Minister Douglas to visit the project during his tour of areas in Nevis affected by the recent passage of Hurricane Omar.
“I am very, very impressed, very hopeful, that one of the serious challenges that we face as a people, as a nation, is the escalating high energy prices, that we may be able in the not too distant future, to provide a solution to this problem through the possibilities of geothermal energy that eventually will come to the island of Nevis and will be able to be I am sure, shared by the people of St Kitts and Nevis generally and the people of the Caribbean islands, whom I am sure will benefit from this very important exploration that is taking place here in the Hamilton Estate area,” said Douglas at a post tour press conference. Parry, who accompanied Douglas on the tour, said that within six weeks to two months, West Indies Power will begin employment in relation to the production stage. He disclosed that negotiations will continue on October 29 and although the proceedings will not be open to the public “the results will be announced and reports will be made from time” to time to keep the general public informed of what is happening.
Media reports confirmation by officials of West Indies Power (WIP) that at least two geothermal drill sites on Nevis have the capacity to produce hundreds of megawatts of geothermal energy. According to McDonald, the high temperatures at Nevis 3 at Hamilton Estate, which is located at 2.5miles south of Nevis 1 at Spring Hill where steam and high temperatures were also found, confirmed the existence of a continuous geothermal reservoir between the two wells. The NIA had given WIP the authority to explore the geothermal reservoir of the island in February 2007, in its efforts to provide cheaper electricity and reduce the cost of living for Nevisians. |
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