Archive for the 'GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT' Category
Aug 10, 2010 – Siemens will invest in a new state-of-the-art blade production facility in Ontario. Siemens Energy and Samsung C&T Corporation have signed an agreement for the supply of wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 600 megawatts (MW). The wind turbines to be delivered under this supply agreement will be deployed [...]
August 10th, 2010 | Posted in GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS, UTILITY COMPANIES, WIND POWER | 3 Comments
August 3, 2010 – Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) today marked the start of construction of the Trenton Solar Farm on Brunswick Avenue. The Trenton facility will be one of four ground-mounted solar farms the company is developing as part of the Solar 4 All™ Program. Through the program, PSE&G expects to develop [...]
August 4th, 2010 | Posted in EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS, SOLAR POWER | 22 Comments
July 28, 2010 – Schneider Electric of France is running 2-page ads headlined, “A watt saved is a watt shared.” Schneider helps companies around the world save energies in the buildings and processes. Saving energy provides the quickest return on investment compared to developing new sources of energy. It also makes use of current technology [...]
July 28th, 2010 | Posted in ENERGY CONSERVATION, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS | 18 Comments
July 27, 2010 – Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic (“PV”) cells and modules in China, announced it has entered into two contracts to supply 12MW PV modules to projects in Italy. The first contract was signed with GranSolarGhella, SrL to supply 6MW PV [...]
July 27th, 2010 | Posted in GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS, SOLAR POWER | 2 Comments
Power Mix Alternative Energy Expo takes place on Sunday, August 15 from 3:00pm – 7:00pm at Margo Studios 1354 Margo St Los Angeles 90015 $10 pre-register and $15 day at the door Power Mix is a cutting edge alternative energy expo with a gathering of alternative energy industry leaders, movers and shakers, decision makers, investors, [...]
July 25th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, BATTERIES, BIOFUELS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, EVENTS, FUEL CELLS, GEOTHERMAL, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS, NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS [NGOs], SOLAR POWER, WIND POWER | 21 Comments
Students who Graduate Harvey Mudd College earn the highest salaries. According to PayScale.com, Harvey Mudd alums go on to earn a mid-level salary of around $126,000. Harvey Mudd College is a private liberal-arts college focusing on mathematics, the physical and biological sciences, and engineering. The college is located in Claremont, California. Students from Harvey Mudd [...]
July 23rd, 2010 | Posted in EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS [NGOs], SOLAR POWER | 8 Comments
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 20th, 2010 | Posted in EMPLOYMENT, GENERAL, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, WAVE POWER, WIND POWER | 15 Comments
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 [...]
July 18th, 2010 | Posted in EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION, EVENTS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS, NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS [NGOs], SOLAR POWER | 20 Comments
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 16th, 2010 | Posted in EMPLOYMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS, WIND POWER | 2 Comments
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 15th, 2010 | Posted in EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION, EVENTS, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT | 1 Comment
July 7, 2010 – Siemens is testing the combined combustion of coal and biomass, a climate-neutral fuel. A Siemens burner was fired with coal dust and plant-based microcultures for the first time. The new energy source demonstrated good combustion properties. The nitrogen oxide emissions were approximately 20 percent lower than when operating the burner with [...]
July 7th, 2010 | Posted in BIOFUELS, COAL, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS | No Comments
July 6, 2010 – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) made the following statement after the groundbreaking of the Dow Kokam lithium ion battery manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. As a member of Senate Finance Committee, Stabenow led the effort to encourage the production of advanced batteries here at home through the American Recovery and Reinvestment [...]
July 6th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, BATTERIES, EVENTS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS | 30 Comments
“The Greening of Our Economy: Clean Energy Careers” Webinar and Discussion Thursday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Many of you have already registered but for those of you who haven’t, there is still time to sign up for the upcoming informative, online interactive discussion on careers in clean energy and sustainability. Across every [...]
June 22nd, 2010 | Posted in BIOFUELS, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION, EVENTS, FUEL CELLS, GENERAL, GEOTHERMAL, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS [NGOs], SOLAR POWER, UTILITY COMPANIES, WASTE CONVERSION, WAVE POWER, WIND POWER | No Comments
Jun 8, 2010 – Siemens Energy has successfully completed the first firing of PetroAlgae Inc.’s biocrude fuel, a plant-based, micro-crop biomass material that is processed into a solid residue. The biocrude fuel was combined with pulverized coal in a pilot-scale burner with a thermal capacity of approximately 4 MBtu/hr. The testing was performed at a [...]
June 8th, 2010 | Posted in BIOFUELS, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT | 25 Comments
May 4, 2010 – Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts had a 271-kw system of 1,200 high-efficiency photovoltaic modules installed atop its Gosman Sports and Convocation Center in February. They will produce 300,000 kw hrs per year equal to about 10% of Gosman’s annual power use. Brandeis did this without any upfront cost. A local renewable [...]
May 4th, 2010 | Posted in GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, GREEN ENERGY INSTALLERS, INVESTMENTS, SOLAR POWER, UTILITY COMPANIES | 1 Comment