Editor’s Note: In episode #27 of Cleantech Talk, Matthew and I enjoyed highlighting that the fastest growing job in the USA is now a cleantech job — wind turbine technician. We probably didn’t have quite as much fun talking about global warming–induced or global warming–exacerbated forest fires, drought, and pine-beetle infestation, and the ways in … [continued]
Tesla’s (now former) Vice President of Government Relations and Deputy General Counsel, James Chen, was recently hired by Faraday Future, going by a recent tweet from the company. Faraday Future apparently hired Chen to serve as the company’s Vice President of Government Relations and General Counsel — with the intent … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. The Solar Foundation has announced that it has been selected by the US Department of Energy SunShot Initiative to lead a nationwide solar energy training program for former military members, Solar Ready Vets. Of note, the program will work with military bases and local training providers in order … [continued]
Obviously, with plans to significantly ramp up production of its Model X and Model S this year, and then go into hyperspeed while ramping production of the Model 3, Tesla Motors needs to hire a lot more people. Based in California and Nevada, that means a lot of American jobs. Tesla held … [continued]
A few months ago, we wrote about Republican millionaire Jay Faison’s apparent attempt to bring some sanity to Republican politics and push for solutions to global warming. It’s nice to see another person in the party has woken up to the threat of global warming enough that he is trying to jolt … [continued]
Update: The video has been changed to correct for an error in the uploaded audio. Like in some previous quarters, I went ahead and put the full recording of the Q1 2016 Tesla financials conference call on YouTube. You can always listen to the conference calls on the Tesla investment portal, … [continued]
The number of oil job postings on the career website Indeed has decreased about 12% each quarter from 2014 to 2016, according to an Indeed blog post. For the same period, solar job postings declined by just about 1.7%, “But that could all change within the next year as employers … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. During this year’s World Future Energy Summit, I got to interview winners and finalists in the Zayed Future Energy Prize Global High Schools category. This is where the real inspiration is. Okay, fine, there is real inspiration coming from many corners of society, but I’m not sure … [continued]
A new documentary called Catching the Sun, about the solar power industry, has been created by Shalini Kantayya and has theatrical releases set for April in New York City and Los Angeles. A national screen tour will bring the film to other US cities before Earth Day. Danny Kennedy, Jigar Shah, … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. India’s massive solar power capacity addition target is expected to be a revolution in the Indian jobs market as well. According to a report by the Natural Resources and Defense Council (NRDC), India may end up creating over a million new jobs in its endeavour to … [continued]
