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Sacramento Business Journal: Solar industry seeks more federal help
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 12 months ago
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Solar companies called on the U.S. government to do more to help the stalling solar industry and to create jobs, in a conference call Wednesday. “The growth of solar energy will not happen quickly enough without the right federal policies to stimulate...
Tags: solar, jobs, solar power
The Green Jobs Report Tracks Plans to Create 4,563 New Green-Collar Manufacturing Jobs in November
Last month, The Green Jobs Report tracked plans by thirteen companies to create 4,563 new green-collar manufacturing jobs in the solar and wind power sectors of the renewable energy industry. Included in the tally were plans by seven solar sector manufacturers...
Tags: green jobs, green-collar jobs, manufacturing, windspire, Carlton Creek Ironwoods, Energy Composites Corp, Governor Jim Doyle, MasTech, Mariah Power, solar power, wind power, clean energy, renewable energy, environment
Construction to start on innovative solar plant
Indiantown :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday will set the state on a course toward meeting that goal. The company says the Martin County facility will be complete in 2010. FPL says it will be the world's first hybrid solar plant to use steam it creates to offset...
Tags: Martin County FPL, hybrid solar, solar plant, solar power, solar energy
Sign the Say Yes To Green Schools Petition
Michigan Green, a Michigan based environmental group, has launched a new petition calling on Congress to pass legislation that will make renewable energy more accessible to our nation’s schools. The group released a statement explaining how schools...
Tags: environment, sustainability, clean energy, renewable energy, green schools, green economy, green jobs, wind power, solar power, cleantech, education, opinion, news, petition
Los Angelos Strives to Become a Global Leader in the Cleantech, Solar Power Market
Los Angeles, a city once famous for its troubles with smog and air pollution, turned a shade greener last week. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced two major new initiatives designed to help the city become a global leader in the clean tech industry,...
Tags: Los Angeles, cleantech, clean energy, solar power, green collar jobs, green jobs, global warming, Solar LA, cleantechlosangeles.org, green economy, environment, carbon emissions, renewable energy, news
Sharp, Italy's Enel discussing solar venture
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility We are considering cooperation with Enel SpA to jointly produce solar cells," Sharp Corp. spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama said, while declining to elaborate. Sharp will give details at a news conference later in the day, she said. The Nikkei, Japan's top...
Tags: Sharp Corp., Italy, Enel SpA, solar power, solar cells, power plants, utility enel
REAL group to push for revised renewable rules
Real :: Philippines | about 1 year ago
Credibility Renewable Energy Alliance, includes several environmental groups alongside businesses like Covanta, which converts trash to electricity, Florida Crystals, one of the largest U.S. sugar businesses, which has an interest in using crop waste for biofuels,...
Tags: solar power
Solairedirect raises $26M for French solar power
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Paris company called Solairedirect has raised $26 million (€20 million) for solar power production, including both rooftop and ground installations of solar panels. The outfit calls itself an “integrated solar power provider”, with its fingers in all...
Tags: los angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, environment, cleantech, Ethel Bradley, Tom Bradley (politician), Antonio Villaraigosa, angeles mayor, solar power
Los Angeles boasts world's largest solar energy plan
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Monday unveiled an ambitious plan that calls for installing solar panels on residents' rooftops to meet 10 percent of the city's energy needs by the year 2020. "Our solar initiative is the largest of any kind...
Tags: energy, renewable energy, solar panel, environment, CPS Energy, Antonio Villaraigosa, solar power, Solar L.A., power plant, Los Angeles
BP shuts Sydney solar plant
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility In a major blow for the state's solar industry, BP said this morning that it will close its Sydney solar panel factory at the end of March, leading to a loss of 200 jobs. The company will shift its manufacturing operations offshore to lower costs. "The...
Tags: panel, job, solar power, solar factory, solar panels, BP Solar, Sydney
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