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OCMETRO features FlexEnergy in annual Green Team roster

Every year, OCMETRO comes out with Green Team, a roster of large and small companies that are making our world a cleaner, greener place for us and for future generations. This year, newcomer Irvine-based FlexEnergy made the list. Read below to see how they are making a difference. Methane gas is one of the most [...]

Department of Defense to Turn Landfill Gases into Renewable Clean Electricity with FlexEnergy Powerstation™

Washington, D.C. – FlexEnergy (www.flexenergy.com), one of the fastest growing clean tech companies in California, announced its Powerstation™ technology will allow the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Fort Benning, Ga. base to convert its landfill gas into renewable electricity. FlexEnergy will deliver two powerstations in collaboration with Southern Research Institute (SRI) through the DoD’s ESTCP (Environmental [...]

Pentagon Turns to Landfill Gas for Renewable Energy

By Andrew Nusca smartplanet Click here to access the full article The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that it will convert landfill gas into renewable energy at its Fort Benning, Ga. base. The technology comes courtesy of Irvine, Calif.-based FlexEnergy, a cleantech firm that seeks to create clean energy from greenhouse gases. More than 300 [...]

Startup FlexEnergy Aims To Generate Power From Landfills

By Chris Casacchia Orange County Business Journal Click here to read the full article 2011 could be a big year for Irvine’s FlexEnergy LLC, a startup that’s hoping to reach viability on a system that turns methane gas from landfills into electrical power. The company has test projects in place, its first commercial deal in [...]

Clean-power projects turn landfills’ methane into electricity

By Tiffany Hsu The Los Angeles Times Click here to read the full article Landfills, with the tendency to belch noxious greenhouse gases, have long gotten a bad rap from environmentalists. But now several clean-power technology companies believe waste can be a source of environmentally friendly energy. FlexEnergy, an Irvine company, showed off a pilot [...]