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Future of Advanced Recycling North America (ACI) · Jun 2026

The future of advanced recycling: interview with Scott Kraynak

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Sacramento Business Journal · May 20, 2026

Private equity firm acquires West Sacramento rail operator as CEO invests in waste-to-energy system

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West Sacramento News-Ledger · Sep 10, 2025

Locomotive history in West Sacramento

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Forbes · Jul 15, 2025

Reformed Carbon 3: Sierra Energy, trash, hydrogen and locomotive

“The gasification process leaves no residual waste: metals melt and can be recovered, inorganics turn into slag usable in cement applications, and the remaining material becomes syngas.”

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Sacramento Business Journal · Feb 10, 2025

Sierra Railroad wants to use RailPower acquisition to build zero-emission locomotives

Sierra Northern Railway of West Sacramento has acquired the assets of RailPower LLC with an aim to retrofit existing older diesel locomotives into zero-emission…

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Redheaded Blackbelt · Aug 5, 2023

Mendocino Railway’s Sister Company, Sierra Northern Railway (SERA), Takes A Giant Leap Towards A Greener Rail Industry.

Mendocino Railway is thrilled to announce that its sister company, Sierra Northern Railway (SERA), has been awarded significant funding from the California Stat…

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Inc. Magazine · May 1, 2022

Invented an Actual Magic Wand…

Sierra Energy’s plan to vaporize garbage aims to help curb the 94 million tons of greenhouse gases landfills emit every year. It’s one step toward net zero. Rea…

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Biofuels Digest · Mar 17, 2022

50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022

50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022

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The Wall Street Journal · Feb 9, 2021

Sierra Energy Featured in The Wall Street Journal

“For centuries, people have burned waste to create energy, sending carbon billowing into the atmosphere. Transforming garbage into clean fuel, however, was an a…

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Cleantech Group · 2021

The 2021 Global Cleantech 100

Is transformation possible? Get the 2021 Global Cleantech 100 report and meet the innovative companies working to build a sustainable tomorrow.

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NREL · 2021

NREL Industry Growth Forum Announces 2021 Presenting Start-Ups from Around the World

Forty companies have been selected to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Industry Growth Forum, which wi…

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Solar Impulse Foundation · 2021

Solar Impulse #beyond 1000 Solutions

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Solar Impulse Foundation · Jun 2020

Solar Impulse Foundation: 51 new solutions labelled in June 2020!

Discover the new solutions who received the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label in June 2020.

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Sacramento Business Journal · Jan 3, 2020

Sierra Energy hires operations officer to bring technology to market

Davis-based Sierra Energy has hired a technology veteran as chief operations officer to help the company commercialize its FastOx gasification technology, which…

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Waste360 · 2020

Chance Meeting Lands Sierra Energy CTO Dodd in Waste Industry

Big congratulations to our CTO, Dan Dodd, for being recognized in Waste360’s “40 Under 40” awards this year.

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E&E News / Politico Pro · 2020

The next low-carbon energy source? It might be trash

Generating electricity from heaps of garbage isn’t a new concept, but climate change is intensifying interest in an industry with potential to slash both methan…

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Biofuels Digest · Dec 30, 2019

50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2020

50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2020

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Good News Network · Dec 2019

Top 10 Most Exciting Environmental Stories From 2019 Raise Hope for An Eco-Friendly Year Ahead

Top 10 Most Exciting Environmental Stories From 2019 Raise Hope for An Eco-Friendly Year Ahead

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Environmental Media Association · 2019

Hollywood Goes Green And Turns A Profit At First-Ever Environmental Media Association Impact Summit

The Environmental Media Association (EMA) kicked off their first-ever IMPACT Summit in Los Angeles with the goal of bringing about awareness and education in th…

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Fast Company · Mar 2017

What If We Could Deal With Landfills By Turning Them Into Clean Energy?

Using the FastOx Pathfinder, cities could transform their noxious heaps of trash into a solution to their carbon footprint.

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Sacramento Business Journal · Feb 27, 2017

Energy Davis company Sierra Energy nearing completion of clean energy plant

Executives at Davis-based green technology company Sierra Energy say they are entering the final phase of assembling their one-megawatt commercial-scale gasific…

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Sacramento Business Journal · Jun 15, 2016

Sacramento Business Journal Reports SteelRiver Investment in Sierra Energy

The Sacramento Business Journal breaks the news about SteelRiver’s investment in Sierra Energy. Our team is excited to move forward with SteelRiver and bring Fa…

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The New York Times · Aug 18, 2013

Trash Into Gas, Efficiently? An Army Test May Tell

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The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento Bee

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Comstock's Magazine

From Lab to Launch – Comstock Magazine

UC Davis churns out startups by giving its researchers a chance to mix with — and think like — entrepreneurs

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