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Colorado Governor signs law to define some pumped hydropower as renewable

Renewable Energy World

In 2004, Colorado passed the first voter-led RES in the U.S., The legislature has increased the amount of renewable energy required three times since 2004, including HB10-1001, which required investor-owned utilities to generate 30% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2020, of which 3% must come from distributed energy resources.

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AeroFarms is trying to cultivate the future of vertical farming

Business Green

AeroFarms was founded in 2004, and its products are sold in 200 grocery stores across the Northeast including Whole Foods. AeroFarms uses aeroponics, a soilless way of growing produce that uses mist to cut down on water usage by 95 per cent; it plants seeds in cloth made from recycled plastic bottles.