GE and partners bet on Israeli wastewater-to-energy firm

An Israeli company that uses microbial fuel cells to turn wastewater into an energy source has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Energy Technology Ventures, a joint venture of GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips. The investment in Emefcy Ltd. is the venture's first to go to a non-US-based company. It's also the first related to…

ByThe Global ViewJune 28, 20110Comments

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Don’t dump ‘wastewater’: Tap it for energy, raw materials

The world is wasting valuable resources by not managing wastewater in the right way, according to a researcher in The Netherlands. In fact, argues Jules van Lier of the Delft University of Technology, developing countries would be better off by not emulating the West's standard approach to wastewater treatment. Instead, he believes, they should focus on…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 18, 20090Comments

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Water bio-cleaner AqWise gets $3.6 equity injection

In a recent visit to a national park, Greenbang was reminded not to pee on the plantlife. (Not that she was planning to, she hastens to add, she just stumbled across a sign bearing the prohibition against outdoor micturation). Dispose of your water carefully, the national park warned, perhaps wagging an imaginary finger as it…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 27, 20080Comments

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GE and partners bet on Israeli wastewater-to-energy firm

Don’t dump ‘wastewater’: Tap it for energy, raw materials

Water bio-cleaner AqWise gets $3.6 equity injection

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