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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, [...]

Nova Scotia Power Awards Contracts to Community-Based Renewable Energy Projects

Nova Scotia Power has awarded contracts for 18.95 MW of electricity to be supplied from small, community-based renewable energy projects throughout Nova Scotia.

The six agreements are the result of a December 2008 request for proposals (RFP) for small, renewable energy projects that would encourage community investment and development.

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 [...]

BWEA Wave & Tidal Energy 2010 Conference

BWEA’s seventh annual event dedicated to wave and tidal energy, will take place on 4th March 2010 at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London. Over 500 government and industry professionals will attend and over 40 companies will be on display at the accompanying exhibition. A networking reception will be held the evening before conference, also [...]

4.5 Million Net New Green Jobs Predicted in US

A new report suggests that tackling climate change will be a major net job creator for the U.S. economy. According to the report, aggressive deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency can net up to 4.5 million new U.S. jobs by 2030 and provide the greenhouse gas emission reductions necessary to tackle climate change.

UK Marine Energy Yields Green Jobs in SubSea Cable Manufacturing

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JDR CABLE SYSTEMS OPENS STATE-OF-THE-ART MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN HARTLEPOOL

Hartlepool, UK: JDR Cable Systems Ltd, a leading provider of subsea power cables, umbilical systems and marine cables for the energy sector, celebrated the opening of its new deepwater quayside facility at Hartlepool dock in North East England on Friday 10th July.

Iain Wright, Member of [...]

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 Education Highlight: Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

What is Ocean Engineering? The name certainly sounds good but what is that trained ocean engineers do for a living? According to the experts at Florida Atlantic University,  Ocean Engineering is defined as a multidisciplinary engineering field aimed at solving engineering problems associated with working in the ocean environment and wisely exploring and harnessing the ocean’s [...]