Originally posted at ilsr.org On Friday, the nation’s first clean energy partnership between a city and its utilities released its first two-year work plan. It holds true to the notion that the city and utilities can work across a broad swath of energy initiatives in pursuit of increasing energy efficiency … [continued]
Watching this first interview below, I kept thinking, “I love this guy.” 😀 I guess there’s much more to say about it, as it’s a very interesting interview, but I can’t replace watching it with a text summary anyway (and I think it is really worth watching), so I’ll just … [continued]
Originally published on EdenKeeper.org A new IRENA report provides a 5-year plan for using Djibouti’s abundant renewable energy sources to solve the nation’s serious concerns regarding rising energy demand, limited energy security, and rampant unemployment. Astonishingly, IRENA claims that by 2020, 100% of Djibouti’s energy demand can be met through … [continued]
A new survey found that 77% of Australians believe large-scale solar facilities can be of great help to the future, but the news comes at the same time as a separate report criticizing the Australian Government’s solar industry subsidies. Solar Receives Public Support Commissioned by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, and … [continued]
As I mentioned yesterday, I think that Renewable Cities was the best conference I’ve ever attended. A huge reason for that was how practically oriented it was — there was a repeated emphasis on taking home for practical implementation lessons, information, and very specific suggestions from other forum participants. As just … [continued]
Jumping off the tram or bus to roam city streets, drink in the architecture, or just arrive at work in an urban area would be so much better if air quality were fresh and fine. Melbourne, Australia, considers this very thing and intends to leave behind those suffocating, smelly fossil fuels… … [continued]
Renewable energy jobs grew 18% in 2014 to hit a new high of 7.7 million, led by China’s dominance and growing capacity in developing economies.
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Originally published on SolarLove.org. Calling on the Legislature to act quickly to raise net metering caps, the Mass Solar Coalition stated recently that thousands of solar-related jobs are in jeopardy due to the caps for public and private projects. This finding was published in a final report sent recently to … [continued]
We recently reported about the number of new jobs that could be created by proposed renewable energy legislation in Illinois, but this latest number is much greater than that one. The second-ever comprehensive Clean Jobs Illinois Report found that there are 104,449 clean energy jobs in the land of Lincoln. … [continued]
