National Security Bulldogs — Electric Cars
20th century thinking misses why electric cars are patriotic bulldogs of any country they are sold in.
Green Jobs
Chinese Company Offers Free Wind Power Training For Coal Miners In Wyoming
Goldwind Americas, a division of China’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines, will offer free training in the wind power industry to unemployed coal miners in Wyoming, which is far more than the state government is doing.
Cleantech Revolution — EV Leaders, Tesla Shuttles, Cleantech Entrepreneurship & Investing
CleanTechnica’s next Cleantech Revolution Tour is approaching, and it is packed with EV and clean energy leaders from around Europe.
Starting in Berlin (Germany) on June 27 (special networking activities), continuing on June 28 in Berlin (panel discussions and presentations), offering shuttle rides from Berlin to Wroclaw in a Tesla (first come, first served), and ending on June 29 in Wroclaw, Poland (panel discussions and presentations), the Berlin + Wroclaw edition of the 2017 Cleantech Revolution Tour — The Future Is Now: Surf The Cleantech €-Wave — will be focused on how to best invest your time and money into the cleantech future.
For Job Creation, Investing In Renewable Energy Beats Fossil Fuels
Originally published on Energy Post. By Allan Hoffman For policymakers who are interested in job creation, investing in renewable energy is considerably more effective than investing in fossil fuels, writes Allan Hoffman, author of the blog Thoughts of a Lapsed Physicist and formerly with the U.S. Department of Energy. Solar … [continued]
Tesla Gets New HR Head, Seemingly As Result Of Recent Media Coverage About Working Conditions
Following our earlier articles on the allegations by some that working conditions at Tesla’s Fremont production plant aren’t safe, it appears that Tesla, for whatever reasons, will now be getting a new Human Resources head.
~10 Million People Employed In Global Renewable Energy Industries, Reports IRENA
The renewable energy industry continues to grow, and new figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency show that it now employs nearly 10 million people worldwide.
Mitsubishi UK Technicians Will Receive Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Training
In conversations with city employees about a swift transition to EVs, I listen to the feedback about the mechanics, the technicians that work on city-owned vehicles. They are not accustomed to EVs, but it is time to train them to become experts. That is what Mitsubishi is doing — in the UK. All technicians will receive IMI (Institute of the Motor Industry) qualifications in electric and hybrid vehicles.
New French President Invites Cleantech & Climate Leaders From USA To Ditch Donald Trump, USA…
We’ve written a few times about how China has the opportunity (and seems to be taking it) to increase its global influence and power thanks to the Trump presidency. There are various avenues for achieving that, but the largest of them seems to be Trump’s science denial and absurd ideas regarding global warming and sensible climate action.
Now, another global superpower is following suit with this opening, but much more directly.
RenewableUK Lays Out Renewable Energy Future For “Powering Britain”
The United Kingdom’s trade body for wind, wave, and tidal energy, RenewableUK, has published its manifesto outlining the role renewable energy can play in building a strong energy future for the country.
This Is What It Takes To Work At Tesla
On March 28th, Andrew Stevenson of Tesla’s Special Projects delivered a keynote speech titled, “Opportunities for Students in Building a Sustainable Energy Future,” during the Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation 2017 Energy Week.
