UK’s deputy Prime Minster said householders can make their homes energy efficiency, save on costs without any advance payments through the Green Deal Finance.He has promised the coalition governments would closely monitor a ‘quiet green revolution’ that wont have any ‘green gimmicks’, instead focusing on creation of low carbon job opportunities.Green Education Prospectus
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Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009, based on the National Establishment Time Series Database; analysis by Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics.
Green Job Distribution
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009, based on the National Establishment Time Series Database; analysis by Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics.
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UK Turns Up the Volume on Green Education
Speaking at an event hosted by business advisory firm TEDCO, he said his government would not make headline grabbing environmental claims like the previous government. He said politicians talk enthusiastically about the environment and need for a green economy, but his government would do things differently. He added that they would not dazzle the people with green gimmicks but instead would like to make an impression on people by doing the job quietly.
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Energy Efficient Appliances Should be Main Green Consideration
Have you been paying utility bills more than what you wanted to? It’s depressing, right? Same here, my utility bills are so high that they’re eating up my budget.
Then, you need a “green” to your problems. It’s time for you to replace your old appliances with energy-efficient ones, especially those with an Energy Star certification. By doing so, you are able to do three things: save more, reduce home energy consumption by 10-50%.
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Obama Pledges Clean Energy Policy to Create 800,000 Jobs by 2012
In a speech given during a visit to a Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin battery plant on Monday, President Barack Obama predicted that the nation’s manufacturing and industry would be a primary source of economic growth and that the policies his administration is putting in place would create 800,000 jobs in the next two years.
“Our commitment to clean energy … [is] going to help lay the foundation for lasting economic growth,” Obama proclaimed at Wisconsin-based ZBB Energy’s main facility [AMEX: ZBB]. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and distributes energy storage systems and solutions based on their zinc-bromine rechargeable electrical energy storage and power management technologies.
The president also targeted Republicans for stymieing the Democrats’ policies in Congress. Attempting to pin the tail of economic woe on the GOP, he claimed that the party has “made the political calculation that it’s better to stand on the sidelines than work as a team to help American businesses and American workers.”
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Global Earth Energy and Aqua Solar Limited Agree on Multi-Year, Multi-Million Dollar Contract
RCI Solar Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary by Global Earth Energy [NASDAQ:GLER] has entered into an agreement with Aqua Solar Limited. RCI Solar is a major North American provider of renewable energy solutions for residential, commercial and industrial sectors, while Aqua Solar (located in Woodstock, Ontario Canada), is a designs and manufactures solar thermal and solar photo voltaic(PV) products. As a joint venture, both companies hope to meet the new demand in government funded renewable energy programs.
The companies hope that programs such as FIT and Ontario microfit will speed up the use of renewable energy locally across Ontario. RCI/Aqua Solar projects that meet the program’s eligibility criteria will get a long term contract for payment of electricity produced from the renewable energy project, and a fixed price for duration of the contract. As of July 1, 2010, Aqua Solar will acquire product orders worth around $1,000,000 from RCI Solar for the calendar year.
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Terra-Gen Gets Green Light for Wind Farm in Mojave Desert
Tuesday marks the start of the Alta Wind Energy Center, which plans to build turbines on thousands of acres in California’s desolate Mojave Desert. It is being called the largest power project in the country, placing towering wind turbines in the Mojave Desert foothills, which will produce electricity for 600,000 homes in Southern California.
The project has faced a lot of problems, from years of ownership changes, opposition from local residents and endless infrastructure delays. On Tuesday the project will finally kick off in the Tehachapi Pass, a budding hot spot for wind energy located 75 miles north of Los Angeles. Analysts have said that after completion, the Alta Center could produce three times more energy than the country’s largest existing wind farm.
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BLOGOSPHERE GOES “GREEN”: THEY’VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY
The online world offers a lot of opportunities for Internet users to air out their opinions, comments, thoughts and suggestions. Take the blogosphere, for example. The blogosphere is composed of all blogs as well as their connections.
In the realm of the blogosphere, everybody has a lot to say. One of the topics that have been a hot discussion is on America’s push for a greener economy and environment. So, here’s what the bloggers are talking about in the blogosphere:
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Green Jobs and Renewable Energy
Renewable energy industry has proven its potential to create jobs. Under current policies, the European Union could create sizeable number of jobs: 950,000 direct and indirect full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs and increase to 1.4 million in the next decade. The biggest growth is anticipated to come from job creation in the consumer and small business sectors as homeowners focus on green lifestyles in order to enhance home energy efficiency, health, comfort and sustainability. Green home and small business green inspections are expected to grow exponentially over the next decade fueling the demand for educated green inspectors.
The European Union’s Advanced Renewable Strategy can potentially create 1.7 million jobs in 2010 which will almost double at 2.5 million in the next decade. It is projected that 60 to 70 percent of jobs will be filled in the renewable energy sector. European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) stated that if renewable energy share on European Union’s overall energy consumption is augmented, the number of jobs in this sector will inevitably rise to more than 2 million. Continue reading
Green Industry Strong Enough to Resist Effect of Economic Downturn
The United Nations report on renewable energy generation has concluded that the green and green jobs are a reliable industry and is able to withstand the economic pressures that toppled down most industries in 2009. In fact, creation of new energy out of renewable sources has exceeded expectations of clean energy power capacity estimates from just two years ago. The UN report showed strong growth in the clean energy power generation in the Americas, Asia and Europe. In 2009, a total of 80 giga-watts (GW) of renewable power capacity were added worldwide.
The UN also added that the green industry is gained ground, being one of the most resilient markets and was unaffected during the onset of the global financial crisis. Governments around the globe are seeing great opportunities for renewable energy and green collar job creation in a quest to depend on cleaner and more efficient forms of energy. 2010 Global Status and Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2010, two of UN reports on renewable energy, documented a slight decline in industry investments. The drop was attributed to the lessened investment of both biofuels and solar energy generation. However, the effect was still positive because of the investment made on other forms of renewable power sources including wind power and the biomass sub-market showing a 34% rise in investment which is equivalent to $4 billion in the same period. Continue reading
China’s Rare Earth Export Cuts Are Hurting Green Jobs in the US
Green jobs and technology are completely dependent on enough supply of rare earth minerals such as yttrium, scandium, and the fifteen lanthanides. The US has become increasingly dependent to China over the past few years in the manufacture and supply of these minerals to support its clean energy efforts. When China announced last week that it’s cutting its rare earth export by 72%, the US began to foresee shortages on its supply to support local industries.
The United States Magnetic Materials Association or USMMA is particularly concerned about the issue because it is the agency that is charged with representing the welfare of local magnet suppliers and producers. The businesses that are dependent on these materials include industries involved with in the PDA’s, MP3 players, and defense and security systems. Ed Richardson, the USMMA President, said that the US should take the necessary action to keep itself from complete dependence from these minerals if it wants to lead the world in green technology. Moreover, domestic production is being encouraged as a solution. Continue reading
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Australia trying to match Germany’s green energy efforts
Germany is one of Europe’s leaders in environmental awareness. But this did not happen overnight as the country was also hit by the disastrous pollution of the Rhine River in the 70s. These and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986 opened Germany’s eyes towards the development of clean energy to avoid the ugly environmental impact of unsafe power production. The country is eager to bring this kind of consciousness to the rest of Europe by bringing up issues that concern the impact of energy production on the environment as a whole.
Barbel Kofler, a member of German parliament, has compared its effort to Australia which is enjoying more renewable energy more than the Germany. She also stated that Australia’s current status is seen as one of the worst in terms of protecting the environment and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The German politician also called on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to work the earliest on this issue to address the pressing need to reduce global CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and to reduce the impact of climate change.
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