Tioga Energy uses @RISK from Palisade to predict financial savings on solar energy agreements in California
Tioga Energy (www.tiogaenergy.com), a leading supplier of renewable energy services to commercial, government, and non-profit institutions, is using @RISK from Palisade to illustrate to customers in California the potential financial benefits of signing up to a solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
Greentech investment leading to career opportunities say Altium
Waste management and recycling is fast losing its rough and ready image. Many of the businesses that grew from roots in haulage and scrap metal have now developed to be sophisticated companies with professional management teams that can hold their own in any sphere. Many are now successful public companies.
US Department of Labor announces $150 million in ‘Pathways Out of Poverty’ training grants for green jobs
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced $150 million in green jobs training grants, as authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The “Pathways Out of Poverty” grants — as the group of funding awards is known — will support programs that help disadvantaged populations find ways [...]
Combatting climate change by investing in cleantech government of Canada announces cleantech companies to receive $58 million
Waterdown, Ontario, January 12, 2010 – Sixteen clean technology projects from across Canada will receive $58 million in funding to help move innovative technology solutions to the market. The announcement, confirming the decision of the Board of Directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), was made today by the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural [...]
Clean Energy Fund Renewable Energy and Clean Energy Systems Demonstration Projects
The Clean Energy Fund, part of the Government of Canada’s Economic Action Plan (Budget 2009), will invest almost $1 billion over five years in research, development and demonstration projects to advance Canadian leadership in clean energy technologies.
Nokia : Connecting People with their environment
The concept
The concept consists of two parts – a wearable sensor unit which can sense and analyze your environment, health, and local weather conditions, and a dedicated mobile phone.
The sensor unit will be worn on a wrist or neck strap made from solar cells that provide power to the sensors. NFC (near field communication) technology [...]
Energy from river weirs promises long-term revenue flow
New project in Derbyshire hopes to pave the way for widespread rollout of micro-hydro technologies
The UK is missing out on an affordable and plentiful source of renewable energy through its failure to deploy micro-hydro technologies capable of generating usable power from existing river weirs.
Renewable energy increasingly begins at home
Two years ago, after Stan Gelber had retired and started an Internet company out of his home in Santa Cruz, Calif., he took a good, long look at his $3,000-a-year utility bill and decided to make a change.
“My electric bill was skyrocketing,” he says. “I really needed to get a handle on what was going [...]
Fluor to Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
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LONDON, May 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it signed a contract with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) to design and construct the 500 megawatt (MW) Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm. The venture is the world’s largest offshore wind farm project to move into the construction [...]