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» USA Today: Toledo reinvents itself as a solar-power innovator
Jun 15, 2010 - This city is trying to swap its Rust Belt image for a new identity as a hub of solar-energy research and production. The mission is being led by an unusual partnership of business, academia and government that could be a model for other aging industrial cities. "We are ready to…more
» Reuters: Tax policies could add jobs, MWs of new solar-SEIA
May 19, 2010 - Tax credits and a two-year extension to a federal grant program for U.S. solar projects would add roughly 200,000 jobs and almost 10,000 megawatts of new solar installations, an industry group said on Wednesday. Citing research done by EuPD Research, a private research group, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)…more
» CNN: Solar Power Heats Up Job Market
May 19, 2010 - New Mexico battles the tough economy by developing its brightest natural resource. CNN's Tom Foreman reports. Link
» Washington Post: BP touts itself as ‘green,’ but faces PR disaster with ‘BP oil spill’
May 06, 2010 - What do you call a gigantic man-made disaster that is threatening to despoil the ecosystems and wreck the economies of the Gulf Coast? The answer is important, if you happen to be one of the companies responsible for it. What do you call a gigantic man-made disaster that is threatening…more
» Renewable Energy World: How To Develop Messaging for Renewable Energy Companies
May 05, 2010 - Marketers in the renewable energy sector see a clear need for a great logo and website, but "messaging" is less well understood. Some companies might say, "Well, if I hire you to do a logo, I get a logo. But a messaging project doesn't really have a tangible deliverable." This…more
» Climate Progress: Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference
May 03, 2010 - Tomorrow, over four thousand union members, community activists, business leaders, and environmentalists will converge on Washington DC for the nation's leading clean energy jobs summit. The 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference will highlight the urgency of building a clean energy economy that lays a foundation of good jobs…more
» CNBC: Spotlight on Solar Energy
Apr 21, 2010 - Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, talks to CNBC. Link
» Rapid Growth Media: Greenville Plans to Power Every School and City Building with solar
Apr 08, 2010 - For a small city that wants to power all of its municipal offices and school buildings with solar energy, it couldn't dream up a better name for itself: Greenville. Civic leaders in this town of nearly 8,000 people northeast of Grand Rapids have rolled out an ambitious plan to install…more
» Greentech Media: The Two Futures for Solar
Apr 08, 2010 - Is solar a commodity? Actually, the reality is worse than that. Photovoltaic panels are complex semiconductors that require advanced manufacturing processes and a continual stream of innovations in efficiency, packaging, encapsulants, electronics and mounting. In many ways, it's as unlike a commodity as you can get. Yet, because of a…more
» Reuters: US adds record amount of wind power in 2009 -AWEA
Apr 08, 2010 - Installations of wind turbine power hit a record in the United States last year despite the financial crisis that choked off funding for half the year, wind power advocates said on Thursday. More than 10,000 megawatts of wind power capacity, or 5,700 turbines, were installed in 2009, the American Wind…more
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