Environmental Technologies Industries
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Best Prospects: Environmental Equipment Procurement under the Private Sector Commodity Import Program PRCIP has a special schedule for environmental equipment which lists all types of products procured under the program, as follows: Monitoring equipment: conductivity meters, PH meters, water sampling kits, spectrometers, ambient air analyzers, stack monitoring systems, water flow meters, chromatographs, gas analyzers, and laboratory equipment. Pollution control equipment: oil/water separators, water filters, filter presses, screens, cooling towers, chemical injection systems, clarifiers, neutralization basins (for water pollution control); and baghouses, scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators and air filters. Renewable energy equipment: photovoltaic and solar-thermal systems, wind turbines, multifuel boilers, biomass digesters, etc. Source: Rules and Procedures for Utilization of Funds under PRCIP, General Circular No. 1, Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation |
Best Prospects: Energy Efficiency/Renewables Clean coal technologies (coal washing, fluidized bed combustion), power transmission and distribution improvements, renewable energy technologies, and industrial cogeneration. |
Technology Exports under the Energy Partnership Programs As a result of a partnership formed between the Karnartaka Electricity Board (KEB) of India and Duqesne Light of Pittsburgh, PA, KEB signed an $800,000 contract with Energy Line, a California and Illinois-based company specializing in automated distribution controls. Energy Line will supply KEB with equipment to improve distributional efficiency and reliability for KEB’s generating facility and transmission equipment in Bangalore. Source: USEA, 1999 |
Gaining a Foothold in the Indian Market: Sanitec Sanitec International Holdings, a manufacturer of microwave medical waste treatment systems based in West Caldwell, NJ, participated in a series of US-AEP training workshops and study tours on hospital waste. The activities provided Indian hospital administrators and regulators with information about alternative hospital waste management technologies and strategies. The workshops contributed to new guidelines on hospital waste disinfection in India, which created a significant market opportunity for Sanitec. Through its involvement in these activities, Sanitec was able to build lasting relationships with potential customers in Baroda, Chennai, Calcutta, and Bangalore. The company is represented throughout India by AMEXP Waste Management of Mumbai and expects at least $20 million worth of bio-medical waste management projects in the country over the next two to three years. Just for West Bengal, Sanitec expects sales of about $5-7 million over the next one or two years. Source: Sanitec International Holdings, 1999 |
Best Prospects: Energy Efficiency/Renewables Advanced natural gas combustion technologies, renewable energy technologies (photovoltaics, solar water heaters), energy-efficient industrial motors, cogeneration, industrial process controls, lighting equipment. |
Cleaner Technology Demonstration Project EP3 selected one of the plants that participated in the chemical sector activity, FARMEX pharmaceutical company in the city of Queretaro, to demonstrate the effectiveness of a particular cleaner technology. This technology demonstration was sponsored by U.S. EPA’s U.S. TIES project. EP3 procured from Fisher Rosemount and installed a technology that controls the feed rates of liquid bromine in the production process. With a payback period of only 2.5 months, this technology generated annual savings of over $1.6 million for the plant, making it very attractive for replication at other similar facilities in Mexico. Source: EP3/Mexico: Clean Technology Demonstration Project. Final Report, 1998 |
Best Prospects: Water and Sanitation Water supply and distribution systems, wastewater collection and treatment systems, pumps, filtration equipment, PVC pipes, chlorinators, water meters. |
Creating Renewable Energy Opportunities: REPSO/Philippines Silk Roads, Ltd. (SRL) of San Francisco conducted a feasibility study, financed by REPSO/Philippines, on biogas-based energy systems using livestock manure and municipal kitchen and yard wastes. As a result, Silk Roads, Ltd. formed Philippine Bio-Sciences and Engineering Co., Ltd. (PhilBIO), a Filipino joint venture corporation, to provide design and engineering services for waste-to-energy facilities in the agricultural and livestock, municipal solid waste, and food and beverage processing sectors. Silk Roads signed project contracts with Rocky Farms, a livestock operation in the Laguna de Bay area of Rizal. In addition, 8-9 other projects have been identified with good potential for development. Source: Winrock International, 1999. |
Best Prospects: Energy Efficiency/Renewables Fuel-switching retrofits (from coal and oil to natural gas), advanced natural gas combustion technologies, heat rate improvements in power generation, renewable energy technologies, energy-efficient motors. |
Best Prospects: Water Supply Water supply and distribution systems, pumps, disinfection and filtration equipment, and water recycling technologies. |
Capitalizing on USAID Procurement: Honeywell Honeywell, Inc. supplied heat meters, pressure valves, and heat control systems for the pilot demonstrations under the Kiev Institutional Building Assessment Project. In 1999, based on the results demonstrated in the pilot projects, the World Bank approved a $200 million loan for the Kiev District Heating Improvement Project (including $40 million for improvements in public buildings). Honeywell will be one of the primary equipment suppliers for the World Bank project. Similar upcoming World Bank district heating projects in Kharkiv ($173 million) and Sevastopol ($30 million) represent further business opportunities. Source: PNNL, 1999. |
Best Prospects Clean coal technologies, energy-efficient industrial motors, process controls, cogeneration systems, lighting equipment. |
Subject of Study | TDA Funding | Conducted by |
Conversion of the ZALK aluminum smelter to pre-bake technology | $240,900 | Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. |
Production in Ukraine and Russia of vinyl windows from U.S.components | $250,000 | ACRO Extrusion Corp. |
Conversion of a coal-fired power plant in Dnipropetrovsk to natural gas | $400,000 | NRG and Black &Veatch |
Upgrading the Kiev district heating system | $626,000 | Joseph Technology |
Energy conservation investments at three public facilities | $400,000 | Honeywell, Inc. |
Development of coal bed methane in the Donetsk region | $600,000 | International Coalbed (ICMG)Methane Group |