Evergreen Solar, Inc, a manufacturer of STRING RIBBONTM solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost silicon wafer manufacturing technology, announced today that its solar panels are being used to provide the electricity for a new electric vehicle battery recharging station in a high-traffic area in Frankfurt, Germany. The solar “fuel” station provides free battery charging [...]
General Electric Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced the establishment of an Ecoassessment Center of Excellence to discover new frontiers in assessing and managing a product’s environmental footprint throughout the entire lifecycle of the product. The new green Team formed at GE’s Global Research Center to assess [...]
Our readers are often inquiring about courses and schools that are available in wind and solar energy, conservation, sustainable living and renewable energyin general. There are programs large and small around the world depending on what you are looking for. You will find everything from one day information sessions , to certificate programs and degrees [...]
The announcement of British government’s intention to kick-start a green technology revolution in the UK will mean the creation of thousands of high paying green jobs. Conservative shadow chancellor George Osborne recently delivered a speech entitled “Budget 2009, the opportunity for a green technology revolution”.
Speaking at an event hosted by the UK Green Building Council he [...]
For those readers who enjoy social networking and an open forum for discussion with other green job-seekers, industry insiders , educators and possible employers there are a number of options listed below. We have set up groups and communities under the name of My Green Education and Career on the following social networking sites.
If you [...]
We have received many emails from our readers about green, renewable energy opportunities for entrepreneurs. As the traditional job market tightens many job seekers are turning to one of the only areas where there is hope and optimism for the worlds economic future, that being the green economy. Here are 5 such companies that are offering dealerships [...]
Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced plans to provide $93 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support further development of wind energy in the United States during a visit to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory today. Secretary Chu also announced more than $100 million in funding from the Recovery [...]
Many of our readers have expressed interest in learning about renewable energy and green building from a practical perspective. There a number of schools around the world but for those readers that are located in the United States there is such a facility located in Missouri. The Evergreen Institute offers certificates in Residential Green Building [...]
When you talk about the creation of green jobs at some point you need to talk about green building and retrofitting. A very large percentage of our energy usage and therefore a large percentage of the CO2 produced , goes into heating, cooling and lighting for commercial and residential buildings . This represents an enormous [...]