Agricultural startups represent the next frontier for venture capitalists
April 2, 2010
In case you missed it, yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured an article on the rise of agriculture-related startups in Silicon Valley and beyond. The story included Harvest Power and featured our CEO Paul Sellew. Silicon Valley is returning to its roots. The tech-centric area, once known for farming, has seen a sharp rise in the Read more...
Making the case for anaerobic digestion in the U.S.
April 1, 2010
Though we at Harvest Power are in the business of anaerobic digestion, we realize the term might be new to those outside the clean tech industry. The concept is not so new to our European neighbors. In fact, recent information shows Europe to be two to three decades ahead of the United States in this Read more...
CEO Paul Sellew to speak April 20 at Clean Energy Adoption in New England
March 31, 2010
Harvest Power CEO Paul Sellew will be among the presenters set to speak at Clean Tech Kingpins Clean Energy Adoption in New England this month. The event, is set for 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, at Nexus Green Building Resource Center, 38 Chauncy Street, 7th Floor in Boston, Mass. Kingpins is a forum that highlights Read more...
Clean Tech at GLOBE 2010
March 31, 2010
Vancouver B.C. buzzed last week with world leaders “dedicated to the business of the environment.” Harvest was part of the mix at Globe 2010 making links between Seattle, Vancouver BC, and the world. It all started out with transportation organized by enterpriseSeattle. Imagine an eclectic group of Seattle leaders: clean tech engineers, marketing folks, film Read more...
Food Waste Can Fuel Its Own Collection, Plus Produce Clean Energy
March 16, 2010
By Tom Kraemer As VP for project delivery at Harvest, I’m responsible for getting our biogas-energy plants up and running. We’re currently in the permitting and engineering stage for our first biogas-energy plant in Richmond BC, near Vancouver. We’ll use food waste collected from households and businesses in the Metro Vancouver region as our fuel Read more...
Scotland Takes Action: Waste No More for Anaerobic Digestion Output
March 14, 2010
From SEPA (Scottish Environmental Protection Agency) Scotland’s environment watchdog has confirmed that anaerobic digestion output that is certified under the new PAS110 quality assurance scheme and that satisfies prescribed production and usage criteria will not be subject to waste regulatory controls. Anaerobic digestion is becoming an increasingly popular treatment method for biowastes, including food waste. Read more...
Alexander MacFarlane guest speaker at Green Drinks!
March 13, 2010
Join us for a night of Green Drinks, at Tavern in Central Square, on St. Patrick’s Day! (Greater) Boston Green Drinks meets at a neighborhood pub on the 1st Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday of every month, from ~6:00 — ~9:00 pm. These free-form events are a great way for you to catch up with old friends Read more...
Compost – A Valuable Resource
March 11, 2010
By Tom Kelley Over the past 25 years I have worked in the horticultural industry and have developed a great appreciation for the value and many benefits of compost. What do I mean by compost? Compost is the resultant product from taking organic matter and expediting its natural decomposition process to an optimal point for Read more...
Growing with a Winning Team
March 8, 2010
By: Shandor Nikoras P.Eng. I am a manager at Fraser Richmond Soil & Fibre (a division of Harvest Power) in Richmond, British Columbia. I have been with the company for only a few months and I already feel like I’ve won a gold medal. Our team is one of the best groups with which I Read more...
News from Indonesia–A “Cigar” Turns Waste into Energy
March 5, 2010
“Indonesia hopes that developed countries, including multinational corporations, can assist with the funds needed to help install similar energy generators" Read more...
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