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EngEx 2010 Will Bring Together Energy, Water, Transportation and Environmental Professionals in One Conference

San Diego will be the place to be this summer for an estimated 10,000 of the nation’s top professionals in the energy, water, transportation and environmental industries. EngEx 2010, taking place at the San Diego Convention Center from July 29 – 31, will make America’s Finest City home to some of the top technologists, researchers, [...]

2010 Photovoltaics World Conference Program Finalized

NASHUA, N.H., — The conference program for the Photovoltaics World Conference & Expo, to be held February 23-25, 2010 in Austin, Texas, has been finalized. Recent advances in photovoltaics technology and manufacturing processes will be addressed, as well as emerging applications for photovoltaic-based solar power generation systems. Information will be presented in two different tracks [...]

The Future of Green Jobs in the US Geothermal Energy Industry

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu this week announced up to $338 million in Recovery Act funding for the exploration and development of new geothermal fields and research into advanced geothermal technologies. These grants will support 123 projects in 39 states, with recipients including private industry, academic institutions, tribal entities, local governments, and DOE’s [...]

U.S. Efforts to Double Renewable Energy Capacity and Create Green Jobs

 

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As part of an innovative partnership aimed at increasing economic development in urban and rural areas while setting our nation on the path to energy independence, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Energy announced an estimated $3 billion for the development of renewable energy projects around the country and made [...]

Reduce CO2 by 5-7 Gigatons by 2020 Create 5 Million Green Jobs-Do the Math!

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In a presentation before national policymakers and analysts today, leading clean energy CEOs, venture capitalists and academics unveiled the “Gigaton Throwdown,” an assessment of the nation’s clean energy potential that identifies seven industries capable of creating 5 million clean energy jobs and reducing CO2 emissions by 5-7 gigatons by 2020. The report, a collaborative [...]

Green Career Paths in Geothermal Energy Systems

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently today announced nearly $50 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to advance commercial deployment of the renewable heating and cooling systems, which use energyfrom below the Earth’s surface to move heat either into or away from the home or building. The expanded manufacture and installation of GHPs [...]

Obama Administration Commits $467 million to Geothermal and Solar Energy Development

President Obama  announced over $467 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of geothermal and solar energy throughout the United States. According to the administration the funding commitment represents a substantial down payment that will help the solar and geothermal industries overcome technical barriers, demonstrate new [...]

Green Jobs in Wind Energy, Moncton, New Brunswick

TransAlta which is one of Canada’s largest producers of wind energy with operating wind farms in Alberta and New Brunswick has completed and brought online it’s Kent Hills project. The new $ 170 million, 96 Mwatt facility located 30 kilometers southwest of Moncton boasts 32 Vestas V90 3 Mwatt turbines . The wind farm will [...]

Stimulus Plan:Green Job Creation Tally

In the recently approved Stimulus bill the United States government has allocated over $65 billion dollars to the creation of Green Jobs.  Here is how the dollars line up and which types of jobs it is likely to create.