Earlier this week, the solar power industry also released a new report showing the tremendous growth in solar energy jobs over the last two years, in large part because of the leadership of President Obama.
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Green jobs are real and growing, Says DOE
Other countries like China are already moving aggressively to develop and deploy these technologies, but with continued investments in innovation, this is a race we can win.
Continue readingThe Truth about Clean Energy Jobs
Department awarded a loan guarantee to build the Kahuku wind energy plant in Hawaii. Those wind turbines were built in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The wind power project also features a state of the art energy storage system.
Continue readingGE Technology Leadership at Railway Interchange
Established more than 100 years ago, GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a global technology leader and supplier to the railroad, marine, drilling, mining and wind energy industries.
Continue readingRare earths are vital for production of a range of electronic items
These elements are ubiquitous, being used widely in smart mobile devices, flat screens, wind energy, electric vehicles, rechargeable lithium ion batteries and many others.
Continue readingNuclear Power Shutdown in Japan Possible by 2012
Japan?s wind energy and solar power generation capacity can be ramped up from the existing 3,500 MW to 47,200 MW by 2015.
Continue readingVictorian Premier Ted Baillieu wages war on clean energy
Will NSW?s Liberal-National state government follow its Victorian colleagues and block the development of wind energy in the state?
Continue readingGreen jobs for a clean energy future
Recent investments made in our new clean energy economy have been both short-term stimulus leading to tens of thousands of new jobs and long-term down payments on a new clean energy future.
Continue readingChina: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail
Today China consumes more basic resources than the United States does. It uses three times as much coal and four times as much steel.
Continue readingCanada Investing in Next Generation of Electric Cars
Canadian drivers will benefit from research into new technologies for the automobile industry that will develop a battery pack thermal management system for hybrid electric vehicles.
Continue readingGraphene’s Shining Light Could Lead to Super-Fast Internet
Many leading electronics companies consider graphene for the next generation of devices. This work certainly boosts graphene’s chances even further.
Continue readingChina revises up 2015 renewable energy goals
China will raise development targets for renewable energy such as wind power and solar energy for the five-year period through 2015.
Continue readingEnvironmental Refugees, Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables, and Toxic Pollutants
Rising seas and increasingly devastating storms grab headlines, but expanding deserts, falling water tables, and toxic waste and radiation are also forcing people from their homes.
Continue readingRick Perry and Solar Power
Perry has been eager to take credit for their success in boosting wind energy, although he’s not always the first to point to the mandates that lead to such unprecedented wind growth.
Continue readingClimate Refugees
In late August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, more than 1 million people were evacuated from New Orleans and the small towns and rural communities along the coast.
Continue readingEgypt and Renewable Energy
The world sees Egypt as one of the most important countries that is able to produce Renewable Energy represented in solar power and wind energy.
Continue readingThe Winter of Nuclear Power
Germany makes it the age of renewables and will be ending its use of nuclear power in 10 years. By 2022, the last German nuclear power plant will be closed down.
Continue readingObama is not the first president to recognize oil addiction
We have not devised a sensible approach to promoting electricity vehicle-to-grid (V2G) infrastructure (supporting a system for electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries).
Continue readingRenewable energy investment grows to 211 billion dollars in 2010
The renewable installed capacity of wind energy, concentrating solar power, solar energy photovoltaic and geothermal energy rose from 250 to 312 GW between 2009 and 2010.
Continue readingJapan – Nuclear power can be replaced with renewable energy like wind energy and solar power
Wind power generation is the most widespread in the world because its costs are relatively low. Japan is ranked only 12th in the world in the volume of power generated by wind turbines.
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