Whole-tree harvesting could boost biomass production
Making the shift to renewable energy sources requires biomass, too.
Environment
Jul 15, 2019
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News tagged with energy resources
Corals can survive in acidified ocean conditions, but have lower density skeletons
Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, including the global acidification of seawater as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new study led by scientists at UC Santa Cruz shows that at ...
Ecology
Jun 27, 2019
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Efficiently producing fatty acids and biofuels from glucose
Researchers have presented a new strategy for efficiently producing fatty acids and biofuels that can transform glucose and oleaginous microorganisms into microbial diesel fuel, with one-step direct fermentative production.
Biotechnology
Jun 19, 2019
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Microgrids can help maximize efficiency of renewable energy consumption
A group of Italian researchers has developed a method that enables more efficient use of energy by smart homes that are connected to a microgrid—a web of individualized units that are connected to one another and one common ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 05, 2019
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To get a high-renewable electric grid, build more solar and wind than needed
The famous inventor Edwin Land said, "It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas." He seemed to be telling us that solutions lie just beyond our old habits of thinking.
Energy & Green Tech
May 31, 2019
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Trump offshore drilling plan may be dead in the water, but there are better ways to lead on energy
President Trump's effort to expand offshore oil and gas exploration has stalled, and may be dead in the water. The newest obstacle is an April ruling in Alaska's U.S. District Court that blocked Trump's order to lift a ban ...
Environment
May 03, 2019
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Diving deep into water and energy trade-offs
Two papers by Michigan State University (MSU) scientists begin challenging a more simplistic, input/output view of natural resources in favor of a way that better reflected how the world really works.
Environment
May 01, 2019
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No more Hoover dams: Hydropowered countries suffer higher levels of poverty, corruption and debt
Countries relying on the world's biggest and most established source of renewable electricity have seen their poverty, corruption and debt levels rise and their economy slow at significantly greater rates than nations which ...
Economics & Business
Apr 15, 2019
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First textbook in marine renewable energy explores harnessing ocean power
Offshore renewable energy is an emerging and rapidly growing industry in the United States and around the world. With projects in motion to install approximately 24 gigawatts of proposed capacity for offshore wind energy ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 22, 2019
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How to keep conservation policies from backfiring in a globally connected world
For many years environmentalists have urged the public to "think globally, act locally" – meaning, consider the health of the planet, then take action in your own community.
Ecology
Feb 20, 2019
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