A mega 200 ton per day waste to energy plant will be going on line late in 2008 in Panama.  Startech Environmental Corporation, the only public company building these biomass conversion plants, already has 3 five ton plants in operation and several others in production.  This will be the largest plant of its kind by far. The company uses plasma arc technology to efficiently convert ordinary garbage to hydrogen gas.  This gas is burned as fuel or used to create hydrogen fuel cells for creation of electricity. 
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