?? Green jobs employed 3.1 million people across the United States in 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)Thursday. This figure represented 2.4 percent of all jobs nationwide that year, was spread across the country by location and sector, and is the first set of solid federal data defining the size and scope of [...]
Read More?? Quite predictably, the U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that it has found that the Chinese government has awarded its solar companies subsidies that are too strong for international trade rules. However, they were essentially found to be much less in violation of trade rules than expected. Imported solar cells and solar panels from [...]
Read MoreFacing budget shortfalls and increased operating costs, many institutions of higher learning are embracing of renewable energy. National University, one of California’s largest private, nonprofit colleges, the completion ofoptimized rooftop and power systems at two of its campuses in San Diego that are expected to generate more than 1.4 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually. [...]
Read MoreThis week,??Los Angeles Times??published the first article of a long-awaited series about the impacts of large scale-solar projects on the Mojave Desert. Unfortunately, the first story failed to provide a fully accurate picture of the reality and efforts underway to ensure we have a robust and successful national solar program.As I have d Read More: [...]
Read MorePhoto courtesy Enfinity America Encouraging news regarding private sector financing for renewable energy continues to flow. That’s especially good news given a Congress hopelessly divided on key energy and environmental policy goals and legislation, among other critical issues, and the uncertainty surrounding renewal of key clean energy incentives. On Jan. 25, Wells Fargo and Enfinity [...]
Read MoreThis is an awesome debunking of a pretty horrid Wired article on clean energy (an article I’m glad I didn’t run into before seeing this one). Seriously, I thought more highly of Wired—I hope they’ll see and take the suggestions below. Thanks to Joe, Jigar Shah, and Tom Gray for the thorough response and call [...]
Read More?? Other than the many we’ve covered in more depth this month, here are quick summaries of 10 more: 1. India Has Appointed Its Former Nuclear Boss as the Head of Its National Solar Mission. “Manmohan Singh announced he has appointed Anil Kakodkar, former head of the country’s nuclear programme, as the new chair of [...]
Read MoreGraphic courtesy NYC Solar Map Greater efforts to promote and foster development of New York State’s renewable energy resources and potential were a highlight of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent address. 2012 could wind up being a ‘bumper year’ for solar and renewable energy in New York if the governor and his team are successful, just [...]
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Read More?? For readers who want to delve deeper into geothermal energy or solar, here are 4 upcoming conferences (or conference series) you might want to check out: ?? — January 18, San Francisco On January 18, the Geothermal Energy Association will convene the financial community at San Franciscos Marriott Marquis forGEA Geothermal Energy Finance Forum [...]
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