During the last few days of the election, when politicians scramble to make promises about jobs and the economy, only a fool would ignore this statistic: employment in the solar industry has grown 13.2 percent over the last year. […]
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced yesterday that it had secured institutional equity financing of around $167.7 million dollars and a commitment to fund the expected capital contributions of nearly $55.9 million dollars for its 203MW wind farm project in Texas. The financing was raised of from … [continued]
Backers of Proposal 3 might not have the spending power of the state’s largest utilities. But they now have a major heavy hitter on their side: Bill Clinton. “Proposal 3 is Michigan’s best opportunity this year to jumpstart the state’s economy by creating 94,000 jobs and increasing the use of renewable energy,” Clinton said in a statement. “Proposal 3 invests in Michigan’s future so that it won’t get left behind by the 30 other states that are already creating new clean energy jobs and lowering consumers’ electricity costs. That’s why I’m so proud to endorse Proposal 3.” […]
Waste not want not could be the motto for a possible reuse ordinance in Los Angeles. Empty industrial buildings in downtown are on LA leaders’ radar as potential homes to clean tech companies, creating jobs and revitalizing the area. But bringing these buildings up to current city code would … [continued]
Here’s the bulk of a long email I received from the NRDC this week. Very apt, very on point, very useful, and… very objective (it’s centered around exactly what Obama & Romney have said and what’s in their policy proposals). Here you go: Mitt Romney has promised to roll … [continued]
The CEO and managing director of the Dubai Water and Electricity Authority has announced that various efforts are underway to help facilitate the expansion of 2,500 MW of rooftop solar by 2030. If it achieves this ambitious goal, about 20 percent of its total energy needs would be meet … [continued]
Ygrene Energy Fund, a provider of clean energy finance projects, has announced that Invest Atlanta, the economic development authority of Atlanta, voted to release $200 million of energy retfrofit funds via the Clean Energy Atlanta program. These funds will be available to both multi-family residential building owners and commercial ones as well. The program is expected to create up … [continued]
The federal OCS lease grants NRG Bluewater exclusive right to submit one or more plans to BOEM to conduct activities in support of offshore wind energy development spanning 96,430 acres some 11 nautical miles off the coast of Delaware. […]
A WWF-UK funded paper published Tuesday made it clear that the UK government must target policies to promote renewable energy solutions in an effort to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and increase investor confidence in the country’s renewable industry. The report, “On picking winners: The need for targeted support for … [continued]
The United Kingdom’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved the construction of 19 wind turbines at a wind farm in Cheshire, which is a county in North West England. The wind farm is to be constructed for Peel Energy near Frodsham, and it has an electricity … [continued]
