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New Enzyme Converts Plant-Derived Lignin to Bioplastics

Arsenij Percov — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:46:29 +0000

An international research team, including scientists from U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has discovered a new family of cytochrome P450 enzymes. They are highly versatile enzymes, which can be found in the human body. They are involved in different important metabolic pathways. For decades, researchers only knew about Families A through M […]

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Renewable Energy Use Rising Steadily Despite Policy

Guest Contributor — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 19:12:47 +0000

Believe it or not, but the use of renewable energy is steeply increasing across the world, passing from a global average of 13.6% in 2012 to an expected 26% globally in 2020, according to a REN21 and World Energy Council report, whereas the use of gas, coal and oil combined has decreased of nearly 2% in […]

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Apple’s Operations in Singapore Fully Powered by Sunlight

Mila Luleva — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:44:45 +0000

Tech giant Apple announced that all their operations in Singapore will be powered by sunlight. The guys at Apple have made quite a solid long-term commitment to green energy, and it seems they are not likely to bail out. In a recent announcement, the tech gurus revealed a new contract with Sunseap Group, Singapore’s city-state […]

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US Can Run Entirely on Renewables by 2050, Scientists Say

Mila Luleva — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:17:44 +0000

If all states make full use of the best available renewable sources, the US can run entirely on renewable energy by 2050. A study conducted by a team of scientists from Stanford University, established that the U.S. can go 100% renewable if everything- homes, cars, factories, etc., runs on electricity. And before anyone comments that it is […]

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Costa Rica Used Only Renewable Energy in 2015

Ari Luis — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:23:05 +0000

Costa Rica is enriching our climate by getting all its electricity from renewable energy sources this year. Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Costa Rica’s national electric company says that the country hasn’t used any fossil fuel sources to supply electricity to its grid for since the start of the year, or for 75 days, when […]

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Apple’s Greenest Data Centers Will Be Located In Europe

Mila Luleva — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:14:16 +0000

Last month, Apple announced their plans to build brand new data centers in Europe, which will be powered solely by renewables and will have the lowest environmental impact among all other data centers that belong to the company. But is there a hidden agenda? The two data centers are planned to emerge in Ireland and […]

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Burlington, Vermont – 100% Powered by Renewable Energy

Benji Jerew — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:19:14 +0000

If you ever get a chance, you should definitely take a ride through The Green Mountain State, Vermont, in the Northeast, one reason being that you can visit the Nation’s first city entirely powered by renewable energy, Burlington. Seeing as Vermont is situated only about an hour from where I used to live, it should […]

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