Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Istanbul’s new plant transforms wasted food into compost, electrical energy

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s largest city Istanbul inaugurated a biomethanation plant on Tuesday that would convert wasted food into compost and electrical energy. “Food waste … will be brought to the economy for the first time in the country,” Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul mayor, said at the opening ceremony of the plant. The wasted food, including vegetables, … Read more

Use of renewable energies increases in EU countries: Destatis

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BERLIN — The use of renewable energies increased in all 27 member states of the European Union (EU) in recent years, the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Tuesday. The average share of renewable energies in gross final energy consumption in the EU increased from 13.9 percent to 19.7 percent between 2009 and 2019, … Read more

Record reduction in greenhouse gas emissions during Coronavirus Pandemic

Record reduction in greenhouse gas emissions Coronavirus Pandemic Earth is healing Paris agreement

The Coronavirus Pandemic has led to drastic changes in lifestyles around the world and reduced the mobility of people compared to the past. Millions or billions of people are now spending more time indoors and cars are running less on the roads, planes have been grounded and energy use has dropped in a large extend. … Read more