Ethanol Ethanol is a rapidly expanding field with plenty of exciting developments. Market conditions and policy incentives have contributed to an unprecedented expansion of the U.S. ethanol industry during the last couple of years. There are approximately 130 ethanol plants in the U.S., located mostly in the Midwest. 77 new plants are also under construction.
BiogasThere are currently more than 100 on-farm anaerobic digesters in operation in the U.S., with more than 80 in the planning stage. New federal and state programs with beneficial loans and tax benefits for construction of on-farm biogas plants are the main reasons for last year’s strong market growth. There are also more than 420 operating landfill gas recovering plants in the U.S., and 82 new are under construction.
Waste-to-EnergyThis industry has had 15 tough years in the U.S. There have been no new facilities built and many companies have had profitability problems. There are, however, indications of an increased interest for waste-to-energy. Increased electricity prices make waste-to-energy production more profitable. Higher fuel prices also increase costs for transportation of waste to landfills.Cleantech in the New York regionThe Consulate General of Sweden has compiled a directory of important players in environmental technology in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Information has been gathered from corporate and institutional websites.
Download full reports in pdf format via links at top right of this page. Three of the reports were written by the Swedish Trade Council in collaboration with the Consulates General of Sweden in New York and Los Angeles, the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC, the Swedish Energy Agency, and Swentec (Swedish Environmental Technology Council).To learn more, please contact Lars Östling