Archive for the 'GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT' Category

Unemployment Rate By State January 2009

When looking for alternative energy jobs, you may want to consider the unemployment rate in the various states. This could indicate the availability of green energy jobs as well as others.
Unemployment Rate by State – January 2010
Figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Latest Numbers
Unemployment Rates, seasonally adjusted
Alabama
11.1%(p) in Jan 2010
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President Obama On Clean Energy Jobs

The following is a video about President Obama’s speech at Opower in Arlington, Virginia.  From its founding in 2007 to today, Positive Energy – now OPOWER™ – has established itself as the leading utility partner for energy-efficiency and smart-grid software services. www.opower.com

Bloom Box Generates Electric Power From Many Sources

Bloom Energy Claims a New Fuel Cell Technology

Feb 25, 2010 – Todd Woody reports in The New York Times, “A Silicon Valley company is claiming a breakthrough in a decades-old quest to develop fuel cells that can supply affordable and relatively clean electricity.  Google, Bank of America, Wal-Mart and other large corporations have been testing the devices, which will be formally introduced [...]

Siemens Acquires Stake in Marine Current Turbines: Entry Into Promising Ocean Power Market

Feb 25, 2010 – Siemens Energy has acquired a minority stake in Britain’s Marine Current Turbines, a pioneer in the design and development of tidal current energy turbines. With the acquisition of a stake of just below 10 Percent in Marine Current Turbines, which is based in Bristol, England, Siemens is entering a new market [...]

Glacier Spring Water & Hydro/Wind PowerGlacier Opportunity for Sale; Go Green in the Green Mountain State

Feb 22, 2010 -  The market for renewable distributable energy is growing, as is the demand for a source of pure natural spring water from uncontaminated glacial aquifiers. This is an opportunity for the right company.  Pure glacial water, wind turbine power and hydro power are a few of the opportunities this undivided track of [...]

Ads Continued: NRDC donated by Peter Morton

Feb 19, 2010 – Earlier this month the NRDC, “The Earth’s Best Defense” [Who are they?] of NYC had full page ads donated by Peter  Morton [Who is he?].  The NRDC is Natural Resources Defense Council & its Trustee’s include well-know actors, actresses, celebrities, wealthy businessman, etc. The ad was directed to US Senators & [...]

Introduction to GreenEnergyForEarth.com

Florida Facility Breathes New life into Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturing Equipment

Feb 1, 2010 – The Florida Council for Economic Outreach welcomed Bren-Tronics Energy Systems, Inc. (BES) to Alachua County.  BES will create 15 jobs with an average wage of at least $40,000.  This comes in the midst of economic uncertainty amid a continued push toward clean energy independence.
The existing facility and machinery, located at Phoenix [...]

Ford Creating Green Jobs

Sites to Refuel Electric Cars Gain a Big Dose of Funds

Jan 27, 2010 – Nelson D. Schwartz reports in The New York Times about the new round of funding for “Better Place, the closely watched start-up that hopes to create vast networks of charge spots to power electric cars, is set to receive a vote of confidence on Monday, in the form of $350 million [...]

Obama on Alternative Energy Jobs

Hawaii’s use of Alternative Energy

Wind Energy Use Increases in Spain

Dec 16, 2009 -
Cleantech Forum San Francisco, on February 24-26th , 2010 at The Palace Hotel will help define the maturing cleantech market. The Forum is themed “Taking Cleantech to Scale” to focus on corporate integration of cleantech into growth strategies, new financing for innovation and infrastructure and global government engagement [...]