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SOURCE: nbcdfw.com “Until now, the thought of putting up solar panels to help power your home may have had you checking your bank balance or taking out a small loan. But several new incentives are now making green a reality. Homeowners Barbara Moreno Spires and her husband, David, are the first in Dallas to . . . → Read More: You, Too, Can Afford Solar Panels SOURCE: newbernsj.com “Industrial countries currently generate most of their electricity through large centralized power plants, but the process is evolving. Large centralized facilities became the dominant form of developing electricity from coal, hydro, nuclear, or gas for economic and health reasons, and while some renewable energy projects follow this centralized model, there is a . . . → Read More: Pushback against centralized energy will benefit fuel cells SOURCE: guardian.co.uk “Staff are being laid off by British solar power companies weeks after the government promised to create thousands of jobs in the “green” economy. Companies from across the industry will this week accuse ministers and civil servants of damaging their business with funding cuts, “delay and disinterest”… – Juliette Jowit Read the . . . → Read More: Solar power companies in plea to maintain green jobs SOURCE: bizjournals.com “Science Foundation Arizona is investing $4 million to develop an institute focusing on different solar power generating technologies to spur more innovation in the state, the organization announced Friday…” – Patrick O’Grady Read the full story at bizjournals.com SOURCE: CNET “Green-jobs advocate Van Jones has gone from being a community organizer in Oakland, Calif., to a community organizer in the White House. Jones last month was named special adviser for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation in the White House, where he is tasked with coordinating green job-related initiatives among different government agencies. . . . → Read More: Green-jobs czar Van Jones plugs energy innovation SOURCE: energytribune.com “The greatest threat to any perfect dream is to have it become reality. That’s because when pie-in-the-sky comes down to Earth it usually doesn’t taste nearly as good as the dreamers thought. And in the case of alternative energy, many dreams have turned out to be about as tasty as cowpie in . . . → Read More: Solar Isn’t Green Enough For California SOURCE: lvrj.com “Looks like all that sun finally paid off. When Nevada enacted a 1997 mandate requiring the state’s electric utilities to weave renewable energy into their tapestry of power sources, it seemed like an easy goal to meet in a state blessed with sunlight and geothermal hot spots. Just one obstacle blocked the . . . → Read More: Nevada utility finally meets state’s solar-energy mandate SOURCE: seattlepi.com “A westward dash to power electricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the desert’s most abundant resource – sunshine – is clashing with efforts to protect the tiny pupfish and desert tortoise and stinginess over the region’s rarest resource: water. Water is the cooling agent for what traditionally has been the most cost-efficient . . . → Read More: Desert clash in West over solar potential, water SOURCE: greenvilleonline.com “A federal proposal to require electric utilities to generate a certain percentage of their power without burning fossil fuels could re-ignite the U.S. wind energy industry and be a boon to wind turbine production at General Electric’s Greenville plant, a high-ranking GE executive said Tuesday…” – Rudolph Bell Read the full story . . . → Read More: Green energy plan could drive GE jobs SOURCE: democratandchronicle.com “Plans for small wind turbines and solar panels at the Greater Rochester International Airport would put the facility in league with other environmentally friendly facilities around the country and reduce costs for the airlines…” – Jill Terreri Read the full story at democratandchronicle.com |
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