Green Jobs

Local Ownership Doubles Economic Value of Wind

  Local ownership of a wind project accounts for half of its lifetime economic value to the community! You can see the benefits of each development stage when locally owned or managed in the graphic above. From: Value Creation for Local Communities through Renewable Energies [pdf] This post originally appeared … [continued]

Military Vets Train for Wind Power Employment

The wind power industry is looking for a few good people to work as wind technicians, through an Energy Department job training program aimed at military veterans. Wind technician is a rather dry term to describe an occupation that entails traveling around the country to work at dizzying heights outdoors … [continued]

Element Power Adds Educational/Cultural Center to Solar Power Projects in Chile’s Atacama

Projects such as building the center are part and parcel of Element’s efforts to develop its business internationally and domestically, a business strategy that incorporates socially beneficial outreach aspects to its activities. Element views such initiatives as bi-directional in that it results in a give-and-take and exchange of information and opinions between the company and local residents.