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Taiwan team engineers E. coli to produce n-butanol from glycerol

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. The situation is even worsened by the additional cost for disposal of glycerol waste. g/L n-butanol from 20 g/L crude glycerol.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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This was the second-highest annual figure ever (after 2017’s $313.3 Biomass and waste-to-energy financings were down 3% at $10 billion. Other markets seeing $3 billion-plus totals included Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, Poland, Chile, Turkey and Sweden. Renewable energy investment. billion in 2020. billion, down 12%.

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10 best electric bicycles you can get

Green Authority

Public transportation can waste time unless you live in a city with a great system, and even then it can be a messy, overpacked ordeal. This folding electric bike comes from Taiwan. Driving through traffic is one of our biggest daily stresses. What to do? The Delfast Top 3.0 is far from just being an ordinary electric bike.

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