Green Jobs

The Private Sector Accounts For 89% of Announced American-Made Battery Investments

Announcements of private sector investments in American-made battery technologies have been increasing over the last few years, with 208 as of September 2023. There have also been 27 Federal investment announcements. The map below shows locations of new announcements of minerals extraction and processing, battery component manufacturing, battery cell manufacturing, … [continued]

The Movement to Incorporate Women into Kenya’s Solar PV Workforce 

The work done by WISEe, Women in Sustainable Energy & Entrepreneurship, is combating climate change, gender inequality, and improving electricity access simultaneously. Started in 2015, WISEe leads technical PV training, hands-on installation, and entrepreneurship guidance for Kenyan women entering the renewable industry. Based out of Nairobi, they are looking to … [continued]

Block Island offshore wind farm. Credit :Ionna22 CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikipedia

How The US Can Become A Global Leader In Offshore Wind

Offshore wind offers advantages of greater capacity than solar energy, more stability than onshore wind power, and more importantly, decreases the need for fossil fuels and associated emissions of pollution and carbon dioxide. Countries such as China, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark are leading global offshore wind installation … [continued]

Offshore wind is growing rapidly globally. (Photo from GWEC)

BOEM Designates Four Wind Energy Areas in Gulf of Mexico, Power to 3 Million Homes

Areas could support wind projects with potential to power three million homes As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it has finalized four new Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the … [continued]