Province Committed to Supporting Post-Secondary Education and Renewable Energy... LOCAL2 Sault Ste. Marie The presentation to Minister Bentley focused on illustrating how renewable energy programs at Sault College provide students with leading-edge skills they can use to pursue careers in wind, solar, geothermal and bio-based fuels.
Energy History And Board Diversity: The First Lady Of Cleantech Speaks AOL Energy By Felicity Carus Nancy Floyd is the founder and managing director at Nth Power, a venture capital firm established specifically to invest in clean energy startups. Floyd began her career as the first professional recruitment of a woman at the Vermont ...
A small company in Michigan gets very famous after the State of the Union ThomasNet Industrial News Room Because of federal investments, renewable energy use has nearly doubled. And thousands of Americans have jobs because of it. When Bryan Ritterby was laid off from his job making furniture, he said he worried that at 55, no one would give him a second ...
Bipartisan agreement on energy conservation has disappeared at the state capitol Minnesota Public Radio When Minnesota Senate Republicans ousted Ellen Anderson as chairman of the Public Utilities Commission this week, it was the latest sign that bipartisan support for renewable energy sources has largely disappeared at the state capitol.
GREEN: Millions of Green Jobs? In Your Dreams Our Colorado News A Google search for "millions of green jobs" yields 380000 references. Every week there's another report showing how, if the United States plays its public policy cards right, we'll soon be producing most of our energy from "clean," renewable wind and ...
Senate Chooses Partisanship Over The Public Minneapolis Star Tribune Anderson's career includes two decades as a champion for increasing the amount of energy Minnesotans get from clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar power. The notion of clean energy is not ?radical? and ?out of step? as some Senators claimed ...
Career Colleges Prepare Workers for the New Energy Economy MarketWatch (press release) "Career colleges across America are taking the lead in providing trained workers for the new energy economy by offering programs that are designed by industry experts in green energy and sustainability," said Penny Lee, Managing Director of the ...
Why Solar Power is Permanently Inefficient Health Care News (blog) Those realities are not altered by any amount of laws, subsidies, mandates requiring green energy usage, tax breaks, regulations, political promises, good intentions or democratic voting. From the above illustration, you can readily grasp that solar ...
Obama green jobs program faces further investigation USA TODAY By Gregory Korte, USA TODAY WASHINGTON ? House Republicans are expanding their probe into the Obama administration's energy programs, investigating $500 million in green job training grants that placed just 10% of trainees in jobs, according to a ...
Energy Leaders Breakfast Club: Green Communities Act, energy costs, and volatility Mass High Tech Almost one year ago, we started the Energy Leaders Forum, a collaboration between the New England Clean Energy Council and Mass High Tech, to spur conversations on current issues in the clean energy sector. Today, we are engaging in new dialogues by ...
Green jobs program faces further investigation Tucson Citizen 30, 2012, under USA Today News House Republicans are expanding their probe into the Obama administration's energy programs, investigating $500 million in green job training grants that placed just 10% of trainees in jobs, according to a government ...
Wind energy's Republican friends - The real story behind GOP's drilling bills ... Politico With help from Darren Samuelsohn, Erica Martinson, Darius Dixon, Talia Buford, Darren Goode and Alex Guillén AN INSIDE JOB -- Wind energy advocates are leaning on a pair of Republican governors, Iowa's Terry Branstad and Kansas's Sam Brownback, ...
Obama looks to Mich. to revive clean energy debate Atlanta Journal Constitution Energetx is in a somewhat different situation than Solyndra but still must fend off skepticism from critics who contend government-assisted clean energy products often don't produce enough high-wage jobs to make it worth the money.
A small company in Michigan gets very famous after the State of the Union ThomasNet Industrial News Room Because of federal investments, renewable energy use has nearly doubled. And thousands of Americans have jobs because of it. When Bryan Ritterby was laid off from his job making furniture, he said he worried that at 55, no one would give him a second ...
Job creation with a green touch Vancouver Sun We need to create jobs, but we need to fight climate change just as urgently. The fact is, the two can go hand in hand. Two sectors in our province's economy have real potential to create green jobs: retrofitting energy-inefficient buildings and public ...
RLS Logistics Takes NJ Headquarters Solar AltEnergyMag (press release) NEWFIELD, NJ - RLS Logistics, one of the region's leading temperature-controlled logistics providers, along with HelioSage Energy, a national solar project developer, and Dynamic Solar, a leading solar integrator, today announced the successful ...
Durham Solar Firm Puts Trust In Ant-Sized Cells Manufacturing.net The company plans to sell modules produced in the facility to global system integrators and project developers, the release states, who in turn sell complete solar systems to end users such as utility companies. Halter said construction began in ...
Annabelle Candy, Maker of Rock Road(R) and Abba Zaba(R), Goes Solar MarketWatch (press release) Santa Clara based commercial solar PV integrator, Vista Solar, recently installed a 438 kW rooftop installation for Annabelle Candy in Hayward, CA. SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Annabelle Candy of Hayward California announced the ...
Sustainable Energy Releases Audited Financial Statements and MDA and Update Marketwire (press release) During Q1, 2012 the Company expanded its product portfolio to include DC side peripherals which have the potential to materially increase revenues per sale on sales to system integrators. Core technology development is now complete.
Sorting Out Solar PV Downstream M&A RenewableEnergyWorld.com Firms in this universe have created a fragmentation of pockets of niche specialists in key areas vs. full turnkey integrators (read: high-margin businesses), which also helps insulate against that upstream sturm und drang.
Smart City San Diego Delivers Results MarketWatch (press release) 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- With a focus on the San Diego region's job growth, smarter technology development, solar energy storage integration and increased electric vehicle infrastructure and deployment, Smart City San Diego is delivering ...
Wells Fargo Creates $100 Million Solar Fund for Enfinity America Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co., the most valuable US lender, created a $100 million fund to finance solar-energy projects developed by Enfinity NV's North American unit. The fund for Enfinity America Corp. will support the Atlanta-based company's pipeline of ...
Observations from the Front? AutomatedBuildings.com (press release) Again the Energy Services business is heating up and many Energy Service Companies (ESCO's) are teaming with automation contractors and integrators to provide turn-key solutions. Of course many building automation manufacturers are already ESCO's, ...
Annabelle Candy, Maker of Rock Road® and Abba Zaba®, Goes Solar Business Wire (press release) Santa Clara based commercial solar PV integrator, Vista Solar, recently installed a 438 kW rooftop installation for Annabelle Candy in Hayward, CA. SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Annabelle Candy of Hayward California announced the installation ...
Arista Power Retains The Equity Group to Provide Investor Relations Services MarketWatch (press release) 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Arista Power, Inc. ("Arista Power" or the "Company") /quotes/zigman/7965289 ASPW 0.00% , a manufacturer, designer and integrator of renewable energy generation, management and distribution systems, today announced ...
Forest conservation policies: what works and what doesn't eco-business.com Speaking to Eco-Business in a recent interview, Conservation International (CI) conservation policy expert Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, who is also the former environment minister of Costa Rica, outlined some of the policy tools available today for ...
Can a business be successful and eco-friendly? Newsworks.org But what you may not know is that its owners strive to incorporate environmentally conscious principles into all aspects of the business. Peggy Zwerver and Tom Baker are the owners of Earth Bread + Brewery at 7136 Germantown Ave. The two of them, ...
Buffalo Wild Wings: Green wings? Yes, at Milwaukee's newest Buffalo Wild Wings Wisbusiness.com ?Our eco-friendly initiatives are good for the community, good for business, and best of all, the delicious wings and good times are exactly what you'd expect from Buffalo Wild Wings,? said franchise co-owner Paul Berlin, noting the new location uses ...
Insight: Oil industry sees no threat from electric car eco-business.com While politicians and green lobby groups insist the future of transport is electric, in the past two months BP and Exxon have released data which points to electric cars making up only 4-5 per cent of all cars globally in 20-30 years.
New business offers eco-friendly pool service Ahwatukee Foothills News Not only is Wet Kat Pools an eco-friendly pool company but Ahwatukee Foothills resident Jodi Levisohn is making sure it's a company focused on customer service, too. Customer service is how Levisohn found out about the company in the first place, ...
'Be authentic; be transparent' Hamilton Spectator Between jargony biz phrases like ?social capital,? ?green washing,? and ?scaling mount sustainability,? the message Wednesday at the 33rd annual McMaster World Congress was go green and go social. The two-day event is a business conference organized by ...
Boxman Studios Launches New Trade Show Division and Appoints Industry Veteran ... MarketWatch (press release) CHARLOTTE, NC, Feb 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Boxman Studios, the recognized leader in immersive branding via modified shipping containers, today announced the company's newly formed Trade Show Division and the appointment of Scott Young as Director ...
Clean-Tech Industry Facing Lean Times After Solyndra NPR This, too, made alternative energy sources less desirable. Those affected included the now-bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra. Solyndra's initial goal, says Eilperin, was to develop a solar panel that didn't rely on silicon ? a business plan ...
Energy industry master's degree offered by University of Tulsa Tulsa World The degree will be oil- and gas-oriented, since those energy sources are prevalent in Oklahoma, he added. However, some of the class offerings will focus on alternative energy and other options. "I have no doubt we'll have people from utility companies...
BMW completes solar installation for Zentrum Greenville News By Jenny Munro BMW Manufacturing has increased its reliance on alternative energy sources with the installation and commissioning of solar panels that will fully power the Zentrum. Also, the company has installed three new electricle vehicle charging ...
Xtreme Power Promotes Alan J. Gotcher, Ph.D., to President and Chief Executive ... MarketWatch (press release) Xtreme Power's Dynamic Power Resource technology is a fully integrated, real-time power management and energy storage solution that works to manage existing power resources and integrate renewable energy into the electric grid. Among the company's...
Group proposes program of making solar panels locally Mansfield News Journal Taddie said the program would make the county more energy independent, create a higher demand for housing and attract more renewable energy business to the county with a trained workforce. Officials have identified at least a dozen solar panel system ...
Obama administration announces steps to speed development of offshore wind ... Virginia Business Magazine Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau announced that the department's renewable energy initiative has cleared an important environmental review that will allow Interior to move ...
Middle East trails again in green energy growth Chicago Tribune Instead India, China and Latin America offer some hope for green energy companies struggling in a European market drowning in debt and a North American market awash with gas. "We expect some growth will happen here in the Middle East but it will take ...
Japan to support Saudi Arabia's renewable energy development: Edano Mainichi Daily News TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano said Wednesday Japan will increase its support for Saudi Arabia's development of renewable energy. He made the remark after holding talks with visiting Saudi Arabian Commerce ...
Clean tech's future reliant on innovation The Desert Sun Renewables are now big business, he said. ?Compare wind turbines in the 1980s to what they are today,? he said. ?I don't know if wind should be called alternative; it's just another way of generating energy. ?The overall energy demand will continue to ...
Clean-Tech Industry Facing Lean Times After Solyndra WBUR There is no question, that when it comes to federal support, traditional fossil fuel energy gets more support than the renewable energy industry. That wasn't supposed to happen, she says. In 2008, venture capitalists invested more than $4 billion in ...
Middle East trails again in green energy growth Chicago Tribune ABU DHABI/DUBAI (Reuters) - Talk of a Middle Eastern green energy boom is likely to prove no more than a mirage with little hope of the region saving clean technology companies from the shrinking project pools of Europe. Instead India, China and Latin ...
D.C. clean energy investor calls biomass secure solution Biomass Power and Thermal By Luke Geiver | February 01, 2012 The Washington DC-based clean energy investment team at Leaf Clean Energy Company has been around since 2007, and according to Peter O'Keefe, director of the company, his team has seen the ups and downs of the market.
Clean tech's future reliant on innovation The Desert Sun Renewables are now big business, he said. ?Compare wind turbines in the 1980s to what they are today,? he said. ?I don't know if wind should be called alternative; it's just another way of generating energy. ?The overall energy demand will continue to ...
Energy Leaders Breakfast Club: Green Communities Act, energy costs, and volatility Mass High Tech Mitch Tyson: I think we in the clean energy world never saw developing our industry at the expense of the New England economy. We always saw it as a vital part of the economy. That a more efficient New England, a more renewable-based New England was ...
India Clean-Energy Investments Reach $10.3 Billion in 2011: BNEF Bloomberg Investment in clean-energy projects grew faster in India than in any other major economy last year, rising 52 percent to $10.3 billion, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The largest increase came from the solar industry with $4.2 billion of ...
Honeywell and Hawaiian Electric to use Demand Response to Integrate Renewables ... MarketWatch (press release) The Hawaiian Electric companies, working with the state of Hawaii and the US Department of Energy, have committed to reach a 70 percent clean energy goal by 2030, with at least 40 percent of electricity sold by Hawaiian Electric coming from renewable ...
Building Turbines Establishes New Renewable Energy Division Called "EcruosA ... MarketWatch (press release) AUSTIN, TX, Feb 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Building Turbines, Inc. (pinksheets:BLDW), a designer and manufacturer of commercial rooftop wind turbine systems and other renewable energy technologies, said today it is diversifying its renewable ...
Clean-Tech Industry Facing Lean Times After Solyndra NPR This, too, made alternative energy sources less desirable. Those affected included the now-bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra. Solyndra's initial goal, says Eilperin, was to develop a solar panel that didn't rely on silicon ? a business plan ...
Building Turbines Establishes New Renewable Energy Division Called "EcruosA ... MarketWatch (press release) AUSTIN, TX, Feb 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Building Turbines, Inc. (pinksheets:BLDW), a designer and manufacturer of commercial rooftop wind turbine systems and other renewable energy technologies, said today it is diversifying its renewable ...
Clean tech's future reliant on innovation The Desert Sun Renewables are now big business, he said. ?Compare wind turbines in the 1980s to what they are today,? he said. ?I don't know if wind should be called alternative; it's just another way of generating energy. ?The overall energy demand will continue to ...
SVA told about sustainable community movement EMC Stittsville/Richmond EMC News - The Stittsville Village Association (SVA) executive has been urged to get on board the sustainable community movement. Doing the urging at the SVA's last executive meeting were Don Purchase of Stittsville and Kathryn Guindon of Munster who ...
Jared Bernstein will be keynote speaker at upcoming green jobs conference in ... Portland Tribune He is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and earlier served as economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden and executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class. The Green Jobs Professionals Conference is ...
As 'Take-Back' Program Enters Its Tenth Year, Royal's Recycling Efforts Expand ... MarketWatch (press release) "Royal is committed to sustainable manufacturing, and that includes recycling PVC scrap," said Mark Orcutt, executive vice president-building products at Royal's parent company, Georgia Gulf Corporation /quotes/zigman/560408/quotes/nls/ggc GGC -1.23% .
Alstom deputy CEO Joubert resigns Reuters | PARIS Feb 1 (Reuters) - Transport and power engineering company Alstom said on Wednesday Deputy Chief Executive Philippe Joubert has decided to leave the group to pursue environment, sustainable development and non-profit initiatives. ALSTOM : Executive Management4-traders (press release)
Xtreme Power Promotes Alan J. Gotcher, Ph.D., to President and Chief Executive... MarketWatch (press release) Xtreme Power provides scalable, real-time digital power management and energy storage system product and service solutions that decouple the rigid electric grid, enabling a more sustainable, reliable and cost-effective electric grid network.
Nomura's Return to Profit Leaves Questions Over Sustainability BusinessWeek ?The question remains whether the profit Nomura made this time is sustainable, and whether it will be able to boost revenue in future,? said Katsunori Tanaka, an analyst at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in Tokyo with a neutral rating on Nomura.
Optimizing Corporate Sustainability With Real-time Data Greentech Media From its ?green team? origins, corporate sustainability has found its way into the executive suite and corporate boardroom. Many organizations now have a chief sustainability officer, and some of these same companies routinely issue reports on their ...
Down-Under, are Things Upside Down? Sustainable Business Forum Last week we talked about executive pay and bonuses. If you read or watch the news today in Australia you will come across an entirely different story though. In a time when bankers have to be told off by governments to stuff their pockets, ... Boss Divvies Up $15M to Surprised EmployeesNewser
