The Green Jobs Task Force in Cambridge, Mass. is offering a new “green” jobs program that will allow eligible residents to learn to become energy efficiency technicians and green building maintenance technicians. Orientation is next week and training will begin in April. Areas of study include energy auditing, basic residential energy efficiency, conservation practices, basic carpentry [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
It was announced Wednesday that construction on a new plasma gasification facility Arlington, Ore. is slated to begin this summer. It will result in the creation of 28 jobs during the construction phase and 16 permanent green jobs once the facility is operational. The facility is being built under the auspices of S4 Energy Solutions LLC, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Spanish company Ingeteam, which makes wind turbine parts, is opening its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Milwaukee. The result will be hundreds of new jobs, Mayor Tom Barrett announced Monday during his State of the City address. The facility will cost $15 million to construct and will produce equipment for renewable energy projects. The company expects [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
A company that makes electric buses is planning to build a $68-million plant in Greenville County, S.C. that would eventually employ around 1,300 people. Proterra LLC is slated to make the announcement Thursday at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research. The company was founded in 2004 and makes hybrid- and battery-powered buses for mass transit. The [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
Pennsylvania will hire 68 oil and gas inspectors this year in response to the Marcellus Shale boom. This is a 54% increase in staff. The new inspectors will help the Department of Environmental Protection manage an increase in applications (5,200) to drill natural gas wells in the Marcellus Formation, which lies under most of the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Boulder City, just east of Las Vegas and part of the greater Las Vegas Valley, has inked a deal with Wind Sail Receptor that will bring cheaper energy and lots of jobs to the city. In exchange for the free use of some property, Boulder City will get 1 megawatt of power and the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
Today the Department of Labor announced that $190 million in grants for green jobs training will be distributed to organizations in 34 states. These grants are a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The purpose of these funds is to train workers for jobs in energy efficiency and the renewable energy sector. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Washington State will receive $6 million in federal stimulus money to develop clean energy jobs. The new funds will go to the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board. The funds will provide training for 4,700 people across the state. Grants are targeted to people with disabilities, veterans and workers who have been [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
An additional $150 million in training grants for people interested in “green jobs” has been awarded by the U.S. Labor Department. The announcement comes a week after the department awarded nearly $100 million to green-job training and is part of a $500 million initiative established through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The “Pathways Out of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 28, 2009
California’s SolarReserve is planning on building a solar power plant near Tonopah, Nevada, with a twist. The project involves using salt to store solar energy, for those less than sunny days. The project still needs to be approved by the Bureau of Land Management which owns a majority of the land in Nevada, and the [...]
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