Ball State Dedicates Largest Closed-Loop Geothermal System in America
Ball State University last week dedicated the largest vertical closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling system in America.
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Tioga Energy-BJ’s Wholesale Club Solar Energy Partnership Highlights Success of Federal, State Renewable Energy Support
The latest solar energy installation resulting from Tioga Energy-BJ’s Wholesale Club’s renewable energy partnership illustrates the success of the Obama administration’s support for clean, renewable energy.
Independent Report: DOE Loan Program Working, Could Be Improved
An independent review of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan guarantee program (LGP) finds that the program is working, but recommends several strategies to better protect government investments from failure.
Video Stories Demonstrate Energy Efficiency’s Economic Benefits
Climate Solutions, a Northwest-based nonprofit focused on creating a clean energy economy, has created several videos of companies’, organizations’, and communities’ inspiring stories of energy efficiency. They are also spearheading the Solutions Stories project, which aims to communicate clean energy economy successes in the Northwest. “These stories demonstrate the reality … [continued]
States Take Lead in Defining Green Jobs
Efforts in several U.S. states are helping define the green jobs sector, track its growth, and connect job seekers to employers.
DOE Weatherization Assistance Cuts Energy Bills, Lowers Usage for 600,000 Low-Income Homes
Creating much needed building and construction industry jobs, reducing energy bills and use at low-income homes and buildings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, all this has been achieved – and faster than scheduled – by the DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program, which has ‘weatherized’ 600,000 homes and buildings across the US and its territories three months ahead of schedule.
Hair Care Company Tops Them All with Biggest Wind Power Installation
In a daring display of green chutzpah, a hair care products company called Zotos International, Inc. has seemingly come out of nowhere to grab the title of biggest wind energy generator of any U.S. manufacturer. The company has just won approval install a $7 million, 3.3 megawatt wind power project … [continued]
2.5 to 3.6 Million Jobs Created or Saved by Recovery Act, Many in Clean Energy
A new report out by the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), analyzing the economic and job creation impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), finds that the ARRA saved or created millions of jobs. Additionally, one of the areas where Recovery Act funds are stimulating the most … [continued]
Obama Brings Cheap Electric Vehicles to USA
In just five years of the Recovery Act stimulus, by 2015, we are now on track to produce fully 40% of the world’s batteries for electric vehicles. Currently, we make only 2%. Before The Recovery Act passage, the US was hardly a world leader in advanced electric vehicles, or in … [continued]
My First Modec EV Sighted Near Vacaville
This morning I stumbled upon one of the first production Modec electric vans in the US, fresh off the new Indiana assembly lines. Navistar (in a joint venture with British EV pioneer Modec) makes the eStar all electric van that was quietly awaiting its moment of glory this morning at … [continued]
