Independent Power Producer. An independent power producer (IPP) or non-utility generator (NUG) is an entity, which is not a public utility, but which owns facilities to generate electric power for sale to utilities and end users.
Their specialist diet led to a very special adaptation, one that has created a special ecological niche just for the Green Sea Turtle. The Green Sea Turtle is capable of digesting 90% of the cellulose in its diet. Yet they only eat about 0.24 to .33 percent of their body weight a day!
Sea turtles have roamed the Earthâs oceans for the last 100 million years. An important link to marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs and seagrass beds, some sea turtles also eat large numbers of jellyfish and provide a source of income to local communities as a draw for ecotourism. But sea turtle populations have been on the decline.