If you are looking for a green career with a company that is involved in the move to a green economy then it pays to look at some of the indirect support services that such green industries require. These include power distribution, component manufacturing, wind resource survey and consulting. Here are 6 such companies that [...]
The 2009 International BIOMASS Conference & Expois underway in Portland Oregon today and tomorrow at the Oregon Convention center. Organisers expect up to 800 attendees and more than 130 exhibitors. The 2 day event is meant to unite current and future producers of biomass-derived power, fuels and chemicals with waste generators, energy crop growers, municipal [...]
Recently during a visit to the Carmen Turner Maintenance and Training Facility in Landover, Maryland, Vice President Joe Biden announced $300 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for state and local governments and transit authorities to expand the nation’s fleet of clean, sustainable vehicles and the fueling infrastructure necessary to support [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with the City Council of Greensburg, Kansas, and the Kansas Building Industry Association (KBIA), recently announced the launch of Greensburg GreenHome Residential Green Building Program. With support from the US Department of Energy , the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been working with [...]
Exelon and SunPower Corp recently announced an agreement to develop the nation’s largest urban solar power plant at a former industrial site on Chicago’s South Side. The 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic(PV) facility is scheduled for completion by the end of this year. According to the company the project will create about 200 jobs at prevailing wage [...]
One of the common requirements for power generation regardless of whether we are talking about solar, wind, wave, tidal, hydro, natural gas, oil,coal or nuclear is the need to connect the generator to the power grid. Electrical component manufacturers , contractors and project management companies all benefit from growth in any of these industries. Here are 7 such [...]
Van Jones , who is considered to be the “green jobs in urban areas” czar from the White House Council of Environmental Quality visits a local work site that gives us a glimpse of the clean energy economy that’s on the way. Green roofing is just one of the countless green job opportunities that will [...]
The Community Wind Web Conference May 26-27 Enables Investors, Entrepreneurs, Activists and Engineers to Learn Trends, Hear Practical How-to’s, and Exchange Experiences About Wind Power Projects – All in an Earth-Friendly Format. More than 25 International experts will discuss opportunities, trends and challenges related to community wind energy projects at a unique online conference on [...]
A Philadelphia landfill has become the site of the first utility scale solar power plant in Pennsylvania and the largest solar power plant east of the Mississippi River. Named the Exelon-Conergy Solar Energy Center the 3 MWatt facility boasts more than 17,0000 PV solar modules installed on 16.5 acre Waste Management landfill site. Conergy’s Projects [...]