As the clean energy industry emerges from a challenging period caused by the global economic downturn, it is entering a stage of rapid change in which business models are being transformed against a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty. In several key sectors, the market is shifting back toward business structures and technologies that were once abandoned, but [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) kicked off the 10th Annual Wind Powering America All-States Summit in Anaheim, California today, assembling DOE’s network of state wind energy working groups to share lessons learned and best practices, plan future collaboration, and recognize accomplishments.
Five-Year Investment Represents Cisco’s Continued Commitment Toward Building Strong and Healthier Global Communities Cisco this week announced that it will invest $10 million to seed a sustainable model of job-creation and economic development in Jordan. The venture capital investment will be targeted at small businesses that provide innovative products, services and solutions.
The University of Utah (the U) and its new Energy Commercialization Center (ECC) were recently recognized for promoting and developing innovative energy technologies and policies. Administrators of the ECC accepted the award recently at the third annual Global New Energy Summit in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Two wind turbines were erected yesterday at Hodgson Vo-Tech School in Delaware as part of its Renewable Energy training program for constructions trades students.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced that it is taking the first step toward issuing a lease that would authorize the testing of equipment designed to use ocean currents offshore Florida to generate electricity on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). “This is the first lease application BOEMRE has received to [...]
Cautious optimism as North American wind market picks up. On the heels of its landmark 100th wind project announcement, Mortenson’s Renewable Energy Groups is cautiously optimistic about the potential for new wind power generation throughout North America in 2011 and 2012.
On November 4, 2010, the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Government of India entered into an Agreement establishing the U. S. – India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center.
As the nation welcomed news that the economy added more than 200,000 jobs last month, and President Obama renewed his call for pursuing clean energy sources to break the United States’ dependence on foreign oil while creating new jobs for Americans, skeptics were asking if investing in clean energy would actually help our nation’s economy.