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Food Engineering November 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Cover Story: How Green Was My Factory Renewable energy is becoming a factor in all types of food facilities, though it's only one part of a wider drive toward green building design.  |
Food Engineering November 4, 2007 Wayne Labs |
Sustaining Your Energy Action Plan An energy action plan should start with a thorough analysis of the manufacturing facilities WAGES, that is, the five utilities water, air, gas, electricity and steam.  |
Food Processing April 2012 Dave Fusaro |
PepsiCo Casa Grande Plant Reaches 'Near Net Zero' for Sustainability Frito-Lay's Casa Grande, Ariz., plant is nearly self-sustaining in water, heat and electricity.  |
Food Engineering November 1, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins |
The New Math of Energy Efficiency Mothballing energy management plans probably isn't a prudent idea at this juncture in the nation's history.  |
Food Processing January 2007 Mike Pehanich |
New Places to Look for Energy Savings Lowering pressures, plugging air leaks and updating your motors can have a huge impact on your plant's energy efficiency.  |
Food Engineering November 1, 2006 |
Engineering R and D: Engineers mine brown energy Steven J. Brunner, vice president of engineering, discusses Microgy Inc.'s anaerobic digesters, which are designed to harness the energy potential in agricultural and food processing waste.  |
Food Engineering April 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Anaerobic gas and cash Soaring energy prices and the greening of corporate America couldn't have come at a better time for mobilized film technology for wastewater.  |
Food Processing September 2013 Rory Gillespie |
Food Processing Awards Anheuser-Busch/Fairfield 2013 Green Plant of the Year Anheuser-Busch's Fairfield, Calif. brewery is a leader in renewable energy technology for AB InBev breweries around the world and uses green energy provided by an on-site solar array and wind turbine to provide an average 15 percent of its energy needs.  |
Food Engineering January 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Water Gets Its Due The sustainability bandwagon is groaning under the weight of corporations climbing aboard. The time for water resource management has never been better.  |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Robert F. Keane |
Going Green With Garbage When many advisors and their clients get together these days, topic number one is energy. How it will affect the portfolio, and the planet.  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2005 John Teresko |
Powerful Opportunities As global manufacturing faces conflicting energy challenges new answers are being found. The winning opportunities are in power management, renewable resources and distributed power generation.  |
Geotimes February 2006 |
Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York...  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2009 William Sweet |
The Biggest Little PV Plant in the East The northeastern United States is not where most would think to put a photovoltaic power plant. But one just started up in Pennsylvania this winter. It's delivering the watts, but at what cost?  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz |
Power Shift: How to Produce More for Less Surging energy prices have process manufacturers searching for alternatives and scrambling for cost savings.  |
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey |
Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future.  |
Food Engineering July 30, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins |
Water Efficiency: Don't Let Your Liquid Assets Go Down the Drain Food processors confront both financial and behavioral issues when they implement green water practices.  |
Food Engineering September 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Plant of Tomorrow For half a century, the US food industry pursued the goal of the most food at the least cost, and its plants delivered on that goal. But today, identity preservation, waste solutions, new consumer tastes and other considerations are shaping a new breed of food plants.  |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2011 Marc Gunther |
GE's Big Bet on Natural Gas The company cites a push toward natural gas and says its new plant leads the way in efficiency.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Seth Blumsack |
How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation  |
Popular Mechanics October 2, 2008 Jennifer Bogo |
Poop Power: U.S. Farms Save Big Turning Manure to Kilowatts An anaerobic biodigester is capable of turning manure into electricity, bedding, fertilizer and heating fuel -- saving hefty sums of money and preventing the emissions of an extremely potent greenhouse gas, methane, to boot.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2013 Peter Fairley |
Quicker Coal Power Greater agility in output may keep Old King Coal in place in a nonnuclear Germany  |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2011 Aimee Duffy |
U.S. Natural Gas Kills Coal An abundance of natural gas changes the game for coal players.  |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2009 LeVine & Aston |
Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas With prices low and the promise of vast new supplies, businesses are making the switch from oil-based fuels and coal.  |
Food Processing January 2008 Marty Weil |
Consider Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources Solar and wind power, biogas and biodiesel may solve your manufacturing company's energy problems as well as its green initiatives.  |
Food Processing September 2013 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Plants of the Future: Not Bigger, Just Smarter The next generation of food and beverage production facilities will be sanitary, flexible, more pleasant to work in and self-sustaining.  |
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Pragmatism Driving New Energy Programs On U.S. Military Bases The Defense Department has set lofty goals for its facilities when it comes to renewable energies. It wants to produce 3 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025, with each service branch kicking in one more gigawatt.  |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2005 David Meier |
Some Missing Info About Capstone Investors, don't get excited about the smaller gross margin percentage loss here. Everyone ti free to do what they want with their money, but investors must proceed with caution.  |
Industrial Physicist Oct/Nov 2004 Jesse H. Ausubel |
Big Green Energy Machines Zero-emission power plants and Continental SuperGrids can multiply the power of the energy system 5-10 times while shrinking it in a revolutionary way.  |
Food Processing April 2013 Kevin T. Higgins |
2013 Capital Spending Outlook: Processors Invest in the Tools of Production, Not Brick and Mortar Balance sheets look strong, but food companies are holding the line on capital projects, projecting only a 5.4 percent increase this year.  |
Popular Mechanics March 2007 Jim Gorman |
New Belgium Brewing's Green Beer: In Good Taste An environmentally friendly design of a Colorado brewery facility proves that you can have great taste and a clear conscience.  |
Food Engineering October 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Energy Management: Your New Competitive Edge Reclamation of thermal heat is a conspicuous example of the many energy initiatives underway as the food industry rethinks the ROI on energy management.  |
Food Engineering March 6, 2006 |
Plant Openings & Expansions Leprino Foods begins construction on cheese plant expansion... Pineland Farms plans to build specialty cheese plant... etc.  |
Food Engineering June 4, 2006 |
29th Annual Plant Construction Survey Measuring Up to a Higher Standard Today's food processors are focusing on the fundamentals -- clean, safe, economical -- but with a twist. The stakes -- and responsibilities -- are much higher.  |
Food Processing February 2006 Mike Pehanich |
Electro-shock therapy Energy management suddenly has taken on grave importance. Read what Tyson, ConAgra, Publix and other processors are doing to reduce consumption and find alternatives.  |
Geotimes January 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Plant Methane Surprises Climate Scientists Atmospheric scientists have long blamed cattle and microbes for the production of significant amounts of methane on Earth. But the discovery of a new large source of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, is putting trees on the hot seat.  |
Chemistry World April 19, 2013 James Urquhart |
Solar boost for gas power stations US researchers are developing a system that could boost the efficiency of gas-fired power plants while reducing their greenhouse emissions.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2005 Jill Jusko |
Power Hungry No doubt about it, manufacturing is a powerfully hungry energy consumer. But the energy landscape is changing, and manufacturers must be ready to adapt to an uncertain future.  |
Wired April 2001 |
Micropower Goes Macro Businesspeople and homeowners alike are learning that generating their own electricity is cheaper - and more reliable - than buying it from centralized power plants...  |
Food Engineering December 1, 2006 |
Plant Openings & Expansions Totally Chocolate begins operations in new manufacturing facility... Blue Ribbon Cheese Co. to build a $225 million manufacturing facility in California... etc.  |
Food Processing December 2010 Bob Sperber |
TreeHouse Foods: Flexibility With Efficiency In any given category, TreeHouse's 19 manufacturing plants must make dozens of varieties in dozens of formulations, all at low cost.  |
Food Processing November 2008 |
One Year of LEED: Kettle Turns Green to Gold America's first LEED Gold-certified food manufacturing plant says it's seeing a significant financial return on the environmentally friendly plant.  |
Chemistry World August 20, 2008 |
Grasslands Emit Greenhouse Gas Chinese researchers have found further evidence that plants emit significant quantities of methane - a potent greenhouse gas. But the latest findings also show that methane emissions depend not just on the species of plant, but the conditions in which they are growing.  |
Food Processing February 2010 Bob Sperber |
Plant Upgrades on a Budget ... With Quick Paybacks Whether your food and beverage manufacturing budget is slowly rebounding or your big projects are still on hold, lots of upgrades can be accomplished quickly to offer both rapid returns and long-term gains.  |
Food Processing April 2005 Dave Fusaro |
Are capital spending fortunes improving? Several companies are placing big bets on the recovery by building 'world's largest' processing plants. The biggest project currently under way is a $192 million American cheddar cheese plant in Clovis, N.M., for SouthWest Cheese Co.  |
Food Engineering November 1, 2005 Harry Forbes |
Energy Exclusive: Powering Your Bottom Line Energy, where you get it and how you use it, may impact your bottom line more this year than ever before. With the right knowledge, food and beverage plants can dramatically reduce these costs.  |
Popular Mechanics August 4, 2009 Tyghe Trimble |
How to Mix Beer and Biodiesel: Questions for Sierra Nevada Brewery's CEO As a manufacturer who consumes lots of water and energy, we wanted to be a leader in lowering our impact.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2012 Jean Kumagai |
Virtual Power Plants, Real Power Five kilowatts here, a hundred kilowatts there -- with a smart grid, it all adds up  |
Food Processing March 2011 Dave Fusaro |
Clean Your Wastewater Before the City Does Pretreatment technologies can pay for themselves in surcharge savings.  |
CIO May 1, 2001 Susannah Patton |
Think Outside the Grid California's power crisis is a wake-up call. Now, to keep their websites from crashing and their IT systems from freezing, CIOs need to focus on risk planning...  |
IEEE Spectrum July 2012 Vaclav Smil |
A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy It takes several lifetimes to put a new energy system into place, and wishful thinking can't speed things along  |