The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, a consortium including Palmer Labs, Durham, North Carolina, has received an award of $44 million in federal stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This was announced by the DOE Secretary, Steven Chu.
SC Johnson has installed three wind turbines at the campus of its headquarters as part of a wind energy pilot program. The pilot program is initiated by the company to help it to further reduce its green house gas emissions as well as to increase the awareness that renewable energy is not only for factories but also for office buildings that are located in cities. The company is using renewable energy at its factories all over the world. Through this pilot program, the company is hoping to acquire information that will help it to further advance its strategy to adopt more sustainable solutions.
TechNet acclaimed the awarding of $2.3 billion in Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits that will help in promoting a few new clean technology projects. TechNet is the bipartisan policy and political network of CEO’s that is involved in strengthening the growth of the innovation economy. Awards were received by more than 180 projects spread over 43 states and these awards are expected to generate thousands of fresh manufacturing jobs throughout the nation.
Nova Scotia Power is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in 2010, which will help to boost the provincial economy. The company has spent approximately $150 million on capital projects in recent years. Nova Scotia Power has spent in excess of $270 million during the year 2009. The company has allocated more than $400 million for capital projects for the year 2010 and expects to invest significant amounts in Nova Scotia during the next few years.
Research and Markets has released a report titled “Green Jobs: Building a New Energy Workforce”. Jobs that are involved in protecting ecosystems or wildlife in order to reduce energy usage and pollution and to bring down the rate of carbon emissions are called green jobs. This report provides information about industries offering green jobs and other places where green jobs are available.
A new report entitled ‘Opportunity Assessment for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul in the Global Wind Energy Market’ has been released by Reportlinker.com. In this report, Lucintel is of the opinion that a wide number of opportunities are available for suppliers of repair, overhaul services and maintenance through annual outages, planned and unplanned maintenance, long-term maintenance contracts, long-term service agreements, periodical improvements of different plants and equipment and corrective repair. Service providers are attracted towards the current expenditures of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) costs which contribute to 20% - 25% of expenditures in the wind turbine market.
Ms. Hillary DeBlois, Senator Feingold's Economic Development Liaison, visited Water Products on 24 November, 2009. Ms. Hillary DeBlois also visited Environmental organizations and business areas of Wisconsin, and she also met representatives from the business firms in Wisconsin.
Based on the data collected at Greenville Housing Authority (GHA), Siemens has come out with the finding that the North Carolina housing authority project has exceeded its energy savings estimated for the construction period. In its recent analysis, Siemens has found out that energy savings will exceed the assured 5 to 10% levels.
Eco-Fuel has signed an agreement with the Government of Rwanda. The agreement is valued at 250 million dollars and involves producing bio-fuels from Jatropha Curcas.
Climate-friendly policies not only reduce greenhouse emissions and bring environmental benefits; they also boost and diversify the economy, a recent report scoring some 100 climate policies from G20 countries reveals
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