Methanol Safe Handling Manual
This chapter explains the purpose of this manual and provides an introduction to the methanol value chain. The Methanol Institute\'s Product Stewardship policy and contact information are also included.
Purpose of the Manual
We at the Methanol Institute intend this manual to serve as a guidance document for methanol distributors and users like you. The purpose of the manual is to promote the safe handling of methanol in order to protect your health and that of your co-workers, your workplace, the environment, and your community. You may be a wastewater treatment plant operator in India, a biodiesel plant manager in Canada, a Health and Safety Coordinator at a formaldehyde plant in Mexico, a tanker truck driver at a chemical distribution warehouse in Algeria, a research engineer developing a fuel cell in New Zealand, an antifreeze production supervisor in East Siberia, or a shipping terminal manager in China. You and your colleagues in
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES IN SWEDEN
Today we are releasing the list of Swedish alternative energy companies for the fourth time. Now the list has 52 companies, in the categories broken out in the index on page 2. Sweden is filled with entrepreneurs who have great ideas for alternative energy but who lack the capital to turn the ideas into a successful business. The purpose of the list is to identify the best of those entrepreneurs to U.S. cleantech investors.
Michael M. Wood US Ambassador Stockholm September 24, 2008
Alternative Energy Opportunities in Sweden
Index
Alternative vehicle fuels: AGERATEC, page 3; CHEMATUR, page 7; CHEMREC, page 8; CONSAT, page 54;
Searching for Alternative Energy Solutions
The United States consumes a great deal of energy in support of the world’s largest economy. It produces over 70 quadrillion British Thermal Units (or “Btu,” a measure of energy) of primary energy per year—mainly from coal, natural gas, petroleum, and nuclear power—and it consumes 100 quadrillion Btu, more than any other country in the world. The difference—30 quadrillion Btu—is imported, mostly in the form of petroleum. For energy security reasons, the United States seeks to diversify its energy sources and fuels. One way to do this is to pursue the use and development of domestically-produced alternative energy sources. The
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