I received an email from the American Wind Power Association (AWEA) regarding its WINDPOWER 2012 conference in Atlanta this week. I’m going to repost that below, since I think it’s worth a share, but first, I just want to highlight a few points myself: The PTC is a critical … [continued]
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]
The Indian government has announced the formation of the Solar Energy Industry Advisory Council (SEIAC) to help stimulate research and development and investment in the solar energy sector. The council will deliberate and offer advise to the government on matters of technology, manufacturing, and regulatory issues. The council includes … [continued]
OK, so we know that job growth in the clean energy or renewable energy sector has outpaced the rest of the economy. However, a recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) suggests that the clean energy sector has far outpaced job growth in the California economy, despite two major … [continued]
Handing the gas lobby a huge victory, the EU is likely to classify natural gas a renewable energy source eligible for 80 billion euros in subsidies, paving the way for a lot more in the way of shale gas “fracking” as opposed to truly innovative, green renewable energy resource development.
Mexico’s emerging as a key driver of growth in the international wind power market and industry, and India’s Suzlon has plans of playing a major role in contributing to the realization of Mexico’s renewable energy and carbon emissions reduction goals.
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]
The confluence of a stagnant housing market and consumer desire to save money is creating a green home building boom that could be worth up to $114 billion by 2016, according to a new report from McGraw Hill Construction. […]
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.
The Washington, DC-based non-profit has installed solar PV systems in 11 Haitian health clinics and one hospital, building on a partnership with the Government of Haiti and Inter-American Development Bank.
