Steel Mill. Image: Michael Gaida | Pixabay.
Microfactories, Reforming Waste Into Valuable Materials
Reforming waste. How can we retrieve valuable materials from e-waste and multi-component materials in rural and remote locations? All Recycling Is…
Recovery includes energy or products from waste, incineration (waste to energy) and anaerobic digestion.
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Green Products Awards 2021
At Viable AlternativEnergy "green" (sustainable/ recyclable/ alternative) projects, products and ideas "give us life". People who create and design new products…
Waste hierarchy. Diagram: Mildred Williams | Viable AlternativEnergy.
Waste Hierarchy: The Five Stages Of Waste Management
Waste Hierarchy The Amended Waste Framework Directive (EU) 2018/851 put in place by the European Parliament establishes waste prevention and management…
Tomatoes. Photo by Daniel C Gold | Unsplash
Farming On An Acre of Land
The Decline In Biodiversity The loss of biodiversity in the food and agriculture sector threatens global food security. Furthermore, the decline…
7 top articles of 2020
7 Top Articles of 2020
These top articles from Viable AlternativEnergy focus on sustainable, environmental and socially conscious projects, products and ideas. Please join us, as…
Biogas Cycle. Diagram: Mildred Williams | Viable AlternativEnergy.com
Biogas, Untapped Transportation Fuel from Waste?
In 2018, "What a Waste 2.0" the Urban Development Series produced by the World Bank gave a snapshot of global solid…
Amager Bakke also known as Amager Slope or Copenhill. Image: Edward Weston (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) | Flickr
CopenHill – The Sustainable Model For Future Waste Projects?
Sustainable Waste Management Amager Bakke, also known as CopenHill, brings a sustainable waste management solution to the doorstep of city living.…
Container terminal in Hamburg. Image: Dominik Lückmann | Unisplash
Hydrogen Power – Fuel Cells on Ships and Boats
Hydrogen Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. The power source that most stars burn to produce…
Caution! Controlled Area. Image: Dan Meyers | Unsplash
Lasers Could Transmute Nuclear Waste
In 2018, Professor Gérard Mourou (École Polytechnique) and Professor Donna Strickland (University of Waterloo) jointly won half of the Nobel Prize…
Solar Farm, Región de antofagasta, Chile. Image: Antonio Garcia | Unsplash
Renewable Energy and the Future
What is the future of renewable energy? Last week Planet of the Humans a documentary presented by Michael Moore and directed…
Recap Top 7 Articles of 2019
Viable AlternativEnergy – Recap top 7 Articles of 2019
Viable AlternativEnergy posts focus on environmental and socially conscious projects, products and ideas. Please join us, as we recap our 7…
Reppie Waste-to-Energy Facility. Image: Stuartkribki CC BY-SA 4.0
Africa’s First Waste to Energy – Reppie, Ethiopia
The Reppie Waste to Energy plant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is the first Waste to Energy plant in Africa, completed in…
Keel-billed Toucan - Costa Rica. Image: Zdeněk Macháček | Unisplash
The Costa Rica Renewable Approach
Costa Rica is set to achieve over 98% of electricity generation from renewable sources for the fifth consecutive year. In 2019,…
Hydrogen powered train. Image: Erich Westendarp | Pixabay.
Train Powered by Hydrogen
The Coradia iLint is the first passenger train powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The train was by designed by Alstom…
Kinderdijk, Netherlands. Image: Thomas Bormans | Unsplash
Microgrids – Aardehuizen, The Netherlands
In The Netherlands microgrid communities are pioneering a new approach to generating and sharing energy. This would mean neighbourhoods of the…