Archive for the 'GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT' Category

Siemens and Samsung enter into a major wind turbine supply agreement for Canada

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 [...]

Construction of PSE&G’s Trenton Solar Farm Underway

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 [...]

Ads: Schneider Electric of France

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 [...]

Solarfun Awarded Two PV Module Contracts Totaling 12MW in Italy

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 [...]

Alternative Energy Expo Power Mix in Los Angeles August 15, 2010

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, [...]

Harvey Mudd College Graduates Earn Best Salaries

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 [...]

North Dakota and Alaska Job Growth

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 [...]

Solar Power International 2010 in Los Angeles, CA in October

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 [...]

Siemens to Supply 68 Wind Turbines for Griffin Onshore Wind Power Plant in Scotland

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 [...]

Minnesota Unemployment Rate in June is 6.8%

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.

Siemens Burning Biomass as Climate Friendly Alternative to Coal

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 [...]

Dow Kokam Lithium Ion Battery Plant Groundbreaking

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 [...]

“Greening of Our Economy: Clean Energy Careers” Webinar, June 24, 2010: 7:30-8:30 pm Eastern

“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 [...]

Siemens PetroAlgae fuel is Alternative to BP Deep Water Drilling in Gulf of Mexico

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 [...]

Greening of Gosman Center at Brandeis University: Solar Power

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 [...]