Green jobs are the foundation for the new clean energy sector emerging across the country. Join us for a unique and timely conference on ‚ New Ideas in Educating a Workforce in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.‚ This national conference will take place on March 19 and 20, 2008 at Hudson Valley Community College (outside ... Read More
Archive for January, 2008
New Ideas for Educating the Green Jobs Workforce ‚ A National Conference
Thursday, January 31st, 2008NABCEP Launches Search for Executive Director
Thursday, January 31st, 2008The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is pleased to announce that it has opened a search for an Executive Director. NABCEP is North America‚ s leading and most widely recognized provider of professional certification to PV and Solar Thermal Installers. The NABCEP PV Installer Certification received ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 Accreditation in September 2007. ... Read More
Hawaii Sets the U.S. Pace for Green Energy Initiatives
Thursday, January 31st, 2008The island state’s push for alternative energy is one of the reasons the White House picked Honolulu for a meeting of world economic leaders to discuss climate change and energy security. Diplomats from the world’s 15 biggest economies, along with the United Nations and the European Union, are expected to attend. It’s also why the ... Read More
DOE’s Renewable Energy Forum, February 12, 2008, Washington, DC
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is hosting a forum to provide input on the development of on-site renewable projects at DOE sites. In order to meet the goals of Secretary Bodman‚ s Transformational Energy Action Management (TEAM) Initiative, the Department plans to enter into contracts for on-site renewable energy projects. These projects will also ... Read More
A New Energy Direction: A Blueprint for Santa Barbara County
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008A recently published report produced by the Community Environmental Council entitled A New Energy Direction: A Blueprint for Santa Barbara County, finds that the county as a whole will save over $1.5 billion each year by 2030 in a fossil free future. By 2020, the county will save $418 million each year ‚ equivalent to ... Read More
Renewables Associations Urge Renewal of Federal Tax Credits
Monday, January 28th, 2008On January 22, 2008, four renewables associations representing wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal joined together to urge President Bush and Congress to extend the federal renewables tax credit, currently set to expire in December 2008. The 2007 energy bill did not include such an extension. The group said that sales and new project announcements are ... Read More
NREL Releases Report on PV External Disconnect Switch
Monday, January 28th, 2008In January 2008, the DOE‚ s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), released a new report entitled, ‚ Utility Interconnected PV Systems: Evaluating the Rationale for the Utility Accessible External Disconnect Switch.‚ This report is free and available to the public. This report says that while requiring an external disconnect switch for utility-connected residential and small ... Read More
AWEA Reports 2007 Installed Wind Statistics
Monday, January 28th, 2008On January 17, 2008, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released its 2007 Market Report. The report states that over 5,000 MW of new wind generation was installed during 2007, bringing the U.S. total installed wind capacity to about 16,800 MW. The report includes an outstanding chart which shows when and where each new wind ... Read More
GE Demonstrates Scalable Low Cost, Nano-Based Solar Cell
Monday, January 28th, 2008On January 17, 2008, GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General Electric, announced that scientists on their nano-photovoltaics team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18 percent efficiency and be produced at a dramatically lower cost than conventional solar cells. This demonstration represents ... Read More
Southern Company signs AMI contract with Sensus Metering
Monday, January 28th, 2008On January 14, 2008, Southern Company signed an agreement with Sensus Metering Systems for the deployment of AMI technology throughout Southern‚ s entire territory over the next five years. The contract is the result of a large-scale trial deployment to over 100,000 customers at Alabama Power and Georgia Power. The Sensus AMI package, called FlexNet, ... Read More
