The Biosphere Process™ System
The Biosphere Process™ System
The Biosphere Process™ System provides for the conversion of waste materials (which includes municipal solid waste, agricultural or forestry surpluses, industrial or medical waste materials, natural gas (flared), soft coal, shale oil, or traditional fossil fuels) into electricity.
The Biosphere is a three stage gasifier, designed to deliver combustion gas, without separation, via [...]
Toombs County, GA (in progress)
The agreement, made with the Toombs County Board of Commissioners, calls for a two phase construction plan that will include up to three Biosphere Gasification Systems. An Energy Purchase Agreement with Georgia Power Company was also executed in conjunction with this project which states that Georgia Power Company will purchase the 24 megawatts of renewable [...]
The Biosphere Process™ System: 5 Stages
Stage One: Material is collected and brought to a centralized Biosphere Process™ facility, where recycling of the material collected occurs.
Stage Two: The System typically operates at a rate of 30Tons/hour during peak operating hours (9am through 4:30pm) avoiding truck movements and MSW delivery at night or after hours. Each receiving line operates at 30T/hr; [...]
Directors & Management
Noreen Griffin: Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Griffin has over 25 years experience in providing entrance and exit strategies for pure start-up and/or embattled companies. Ms. Griffin has owned and operated her own consulting firm in Washington, DC, as well as serving as CFO and Vice President of a number of small public companies [...]
Energy Department, Volvo Partnership Builds More Efficient Trucks and Manufacturing Plants
Energy Department, Volvo Partnership Builds More Efficient Trucks and Manufacturing Plants
Acting Under Secretary of Energy Arun Majumdar joined with North Carolina Congressman Howard Coble (NC-6) to tour the Volvo Group’s truck headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, and highlight the blueprint for an America built to last laid out by President Obama in his State of the Union address.
City of Houston Joins Better Buildings Challenge, Partners with Energy Department to Reduce Energy Waste and Boost Efficiency
Washington, D.C. — Building on President Obama’s call in the State of the Union address earlier this week for a new era for American energy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu joined with Houston Mayor Annise Parker today to announce that Houston, Texas is joining the Better Buildings Challenge. Houston is the latest community to join the Challenge, a public-private partnership that seeks to improve energy efficiency 20 percent by 2020 in commercial, government, and school buildings across the country.
Energy Department Announces Student Teams, New Location for Solar Decathlon 2013
Energy Department Announces Student Teams, New Location for Solar Decathlon 2013
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the 20 collegiate teams selected to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 and unveiled the competition’s location, the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California.
Online Voting Begins for “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator”
Online Voting Begins for “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator”
Americans Will Pick the Most Innovative Start-Up Companies Using Laboratory Inventions to Create New Businesses, Products
New Thermal Window Technology Lessens Menace of Jack Frost
DOE’s Building Technologies Program is helping to keep
winter outside by partnering with Traco to develop new window
technology.