Today Congress voted to extend unemployment benefits. However, North Dakota and Alaska are the only states that have created jobs since the beginning of the recession. Most of these jobs are government ones, both federal and local. Some of the jobs in these states are green. Hybrid diesel-electric buses are produced by the Motor Coach [...]
July 19, 2010 – Lightbulbs out, LEDs on! Diodes the size of pinheads are developing into the light source of the 21st century – and with them Audi is leaving everyone else in its shadow. Seventy-six LED chips in each headlight of the new Audi A8 point the way to a brighter future. The high-end [...]
July 19, 2010 – We keep hearing about the Prius and Tesla. But, what car earned the title, “Green Car of The Year.” AUDI. Green and performance luxury needn’t be mutually exclusive concepts. That’s a core belief at Audi. oday, that philosophy paid off with the all-new A3 TDI® earning the prestigious title of 2010 [...]
Jul 19, 2010 – Siemens Energy has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Summit Texas Clean Energy LLC to provide coal gasification and power block technology for the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP). The new polygeneration IGCC project will use coal as its feedstock. With a gross capacity of 400 megawatt [...]
Jul 19, 2010 – This project will demonstrate new POSTCAP technology, utilizing salt as a solvent for CO2 absorption. Siemens Energy is planning to design, install, and operate a pilot plant for treating a slipstream (1 MW equivalent) at the Tampa Electric Big Bend Station to demonstrate POSTCAP technology for post-combustion CO2 gas capture. The [...]
Solar Power International is the largest solar conference and expo in North America. The event takes place at Los Angeles Convention Center from October 12 to October 14, 2010. This is primarily a business to business event, but on Wednesday, October 13 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Solar Power International is proud to continue its tradition [...]
Three green events related to your home will be taking place this fall in ME, PA and RI. On October 9-10, 2010, the Rhode Island Green Home and Living Show takes place in Kingston, RI. The following week, October 15-17, the Pittsburgh Green Home and Living Show will be in Pittsburgh, PA. On October 23-24, [...]
July 16, 2010 – Siemens Energy received an order for the supply of 68 wind turbines with a capacity of 2.3 megawatts (MW) each. Purchaser is SSE Renewables (SSER). The Griffin wind power project is located approximately 30 kilometers northwest of Perth in the Scottish Highlands. The wind power plant will have a capacity of [...]
July 16, 2010 – An order for connecting offshore wind turbines to the power grid reinforces Siemens as the undisputable leading provider of offshore grid connection technology. Together with Prysmian, Siemens Energy is to connect a wind farm in the North Sea to the mainland power grid for the transmission system operator Transpower, a subsidiary [...]
Minnesota which as an above average interest in alternative energy as evidenced by upcoming green energy events in the state, has an unemployment rate of only 6.8%. The national average is 9.5%. Minnesota may be a good place to look for green energy jobs.
July 15, 2010 – Siemens has signed a partnership agreement for cooperation in the renewable energy sector with the two Russian companies Rostechnologii and RusHydro. The three companies will establish the joint venture “wind energy” where Siemens will retain the majority stake. The planned joint venture is to set up production facilities for wind turbine [...]
July 15, 2010 – The Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range will provide customers with an unprecedented, standard, 8-year/100,000-mile warranty on its advanced, lithium-ion battery. It is the automotive industry’s longest, most comprehensive battery warranty for an electric vehicle, and is transferable at no cost to other vehicle owners. “The Chevrolet Volt’s batteries have [...]
July 14, 2010 - Tom Zeller, Jr. reports in The New York Times that “Biomass is facing tough new regulatory hurdles that could ultimately hamper its ability to compete with renewable power sources like wind and solar.” Check other posts that indicate that for every new technology that we expect to solve or mitigate all [...]
Jul 14, 2010 – It’s never easy. Didn’t we learn in high school physics that for every action there is an opposite reaction. Just when we read that some technology is going to solve or at least mitigate our current problems, along comes a new group or study that identifies an unforeseen problem. Especially when [...]
July 14, 2010 – United Solar, a leading global manufacturer of building-integrated and rooftop photovoltaics under its UNI-SOLAR® brand- and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices (Nasdaq:ENER)- announced its UNI-SOLAR photovoltaic rooftop products will be utilized on a unique, first-ever new school construction project in Kentucky. Morton Solar & Wind, LLC has been awarded [...]
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