SOMERSET — The owner of the Somerset Station has filed an application for an air permit with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection that could pave the way for the power plant, which ...

Plasma gasification converts carbon-containing materials - such as coal, petroleum coke and municipal solid waste or biomass - into a synthesis gas (syngas) composed primarily of carbon monoxide and ...

SOMERSET — The selectmen held an informational hearing on Monday night at the Old Town Hall to garner information about the plasma gasification proposal for the Somerset Station power plant and to ...

TANEYTOWN – Despite rumors circulating the city that ALFA Group LLC had selected a site in Taneytown for a plasma gasification plant to dispose of 1,500 to 3,000 tons per day of municipal solid waste, ...

My town council is considering a proposal to build a plasma incinerator. The company behind the project says the facility will convert solid waste into energy, without producing any harmful emissions.

The Sacramento, Calif., City Council voted Jan. 15 to end discussions about the potential construction of a plasma arc gasification facility. An 8-0 vote directed the city to cease working with United ...

Recently St. Lucie County in Florida announced that it has teamed up with Geoplasma to develop the United States’ first plasma gasification plant. The plant will use super-hot 10,000 degree fahrenheit ...

Modern science has given us incredible breakthroughs in medicine, biology, agriculture, transportation, electronics, and communications, but along with the benefits come problems as well. Virtually ...