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]
The Brazilian solar photovoltaic sector will create somewhere between 60,000 and 90,000 new jobs by the year 2018, according to the Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy. The current project pipeline in Brazil calls for 3.3 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) project capacity to be installed in the … [continued]
There is a bill making its way through the Maine state house that could harm the emerging solar industry by making major concessions to monopoly utilities. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s a common theme in states across the nation. Sensible and proven market structures, designed to protect rooftop solar consumers … [continued]
CleanTechnica‘s top adviser recently reached out to potentially discuss what CleanTechnica‘s position on endorsing a candidate would be. We both felt it was better at this stage to postpone any such endorsement, and I think writers on our team would have some big differences of opinion on who to endorse. So, this … [continued]
Four elementary schools serving low-income communities in northern Nevada will blossom with greener classrooms. Classrooms with purer air and more direct exposure to solar panels and solar careers in the 21st-century studies. A recent press release shares that Nevada-based Black Rock Solar, a non-profit organization, is working with Open Energy, a commercial … [continued]
Last fall, SolarLove.org noted a bump in solar growth in Manatee County, Florida, with Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) revealing 3 of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects were in development. Last week, FPL enjoyed the groundbreaking ceremony for the solar power plants. The most immediate to go online will be the FPL Babcock … [continued]
Alberta is boosting its plans to go green, by adding sunny incentives for its solar programs. Earlier this week, Alberta’ government announced $5.5 CDN million in funding for new solar programs to help municipalities and farmers to install solar PV plants. According to PV Magazine, $5 CDN million under the … [continued]
The dust hasn’t even settled on the New Hampshire primary, and Eversource Energy is once again feeling the bern. The Economic Times reports that the behemoth New England utility is being blasted by a US Senator (no, not that Senator) for outsourcing IT jobs in Connecticut and Massachusetts to nonimmigrant … [continued]
Last week, I had the chance to catch up with Stacey Lawson, president and CEO of leading PACE funding provider, Ygrene Energy Fund. She had just wrapped up telling an audience at San Francisco’s Cleantech Forum about her company and had a little time to talk before heading to Washington, DC … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Construction of the Tesla Gigafactory is proceeding at a rapid pace and is, in fact, still ahead of schedule when it comes to being on track to actually produce batteries. This may come as a surprise to many, as one of the consistent themes with … [continued]
