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2. Waste-to-energy - Wikipedia

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   Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) refers to a series of processes designed to convert waste materials into usable forms of energy, typically electricity or heat. As a form of energy recovery, WtE plays a crucial role in both waste management and sustainable energy production by reducing the volume of waste in landfills and ...

3. Renewable energy - Wikipedia

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   Renewable energy (or green energy) is energy from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale. ... Municipal wood waste – for instance, ...

4. Bioenergy - Wikipedia

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   Bioenergy is a type of renewable energy that is derived from plants and animal waste. [1] The biomass that is used as input materials consists of recently living (but now dead) organisms, mainly plants. [2] Thus, fossil fuels are not regarded as biomass under this definition.

5. Renewable energy at nuclear waste site near Carlsbad ... - AOL

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   A nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad could be used to generate "clean energy" as federal official sought input from the public for the project.. It’s part of the U.S. Department of Energy ...

6. From green waste to renewable energy: A look inside SLO ... - AOL

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   The facility produces enough energy to power 600 homes. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in ...

7. Waste-to-energy plant - Wikipedia

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   Waste-to-energy plants in the United States. Most waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste, but some burn industrial waste or hazardous waste. A modern, properly run waste-to-energy plant sorts material before burning it and can co-exist with recycling. The only items that are burned are not recyclable, by design or economically, and ...

8. Biogas - Wikipedia

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   Biogas is a gaseous renewable energy source [1] produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste, wastewater, and food waste. Biogas is produced by anaerobic digestion with anaerobic organisms or methanogens inside an anaerobic digester , biodigester or a bioreactor .

9. Renewable energy in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Renewable energy technologies encompass a broad, diverse array of technologies, including solar photovoltaics, solar thermal power plants and heating/cooling systems, wind farms, hydroelectricity, geothermal power plants, and ocean power systems and the use of biomass.