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If you think you have a piece of news that would interest our readers please forward it to Support@RenewableEnergyJobs.com with the word ‘News’ in the subject line. Do you want to write for RenewableEnergyJobs.com? - We are interested in anything relating to jobs in the green energy sector anywhere in the world. If you want to contribute please let us know. Contact us using the email address above. March 2009 STUDY FORECASTS 297,000 GREEN JOBS Establishing standards for the amount of the nation’s energy to come from renewables will create lots more jobs like these, a new study says..... SURGE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS PURSUING 'CLEAN ENERGY' CAREERS Climate change is a concern among undergraduates, driving a surge of interest in science and engineering on campuses nationwide..... SOLAR ENERGY, GREEN JOBS ARE BIG WINNERS IN 2009 LEGISLATIVE SESSION The 2009 New Mexico legislative session may be remembered by many as the one when the money stopped flowing and painful budget decisions had to be made. But renewable energy advocates say 2009 is actually the year when state government got on board the renewable energy bandwagon..... WHERE ARE THE GREEN-COLLAR JOBS? What is a "green-collar" job? "A green-collar job is, in essence, a blue-collar job that has been upgraded to address the environmental challenges of our country," according to Lucy Blake of the Apollo Alliance, which is helping to transition the economy from fossil fuels to renewable energy..... GOVERNOR RENDELL SAYS STIMULUS FUNDS ALREADY WORKING TO CREATE JOBS, SPARK RECOVERY While visiting a Bucks County window manufacturing plant that expects to grow because of incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced five projects that are putting the stimulus funds to work implementing advanced energy measures and creating green collar jobs..... GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE ADVANCES A "green jobs" initiative sought by Nevada Senate Majority Leader Steven Horfsord has been endorsed by a key legislative committee..... CLEAN TECH OPEN CALLS FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO CREATE 100,000 GREEN-COLLAR JOBS The Clean Tech Open, the innovation catalyst that helps great ideas become viable clean tech businesses, today challenged entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, government agencies, universities, and non-government organizations (NGOs) to participate in the Clean Tech Open's 100K Jobs Challenge -- to create 100,000 clean tech jobs in America over the next five years..... Energy efficiency occupations study provides hope for California Bay Area The "three E's" of the capital markets (economists, employees and everyone) were all quivering over February's national unemployment rate which increased to 8.1%, translating to over 12.5 million individuals looking for jobs..... PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: RENEWABLE ENERGY, MARCH The latest renewable energy appointments from around the world.... GREEN ENERGY FIRM PLEDGES 1200 JOBS Renewable energy company Pacific Hydro has challenged claims the Government's climate change policies will cost jobs, saying it will create at least 1200 new positions at Hydro over the next five years if they are implemented..... WIND ENERGY CAN CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE SAYS VP OF EU PARLIAMENT Mechtild Rothe, Vice President of the European Parliament said that wind energy can make a real difference to employment and economies. "Wind energy is an excellent example of how to intelligently invest in a future-orientated sustainable economy getting thousands of people into jobs....." GREEN JOBS WILL GET US OUT OF RECESSION SAYS TUC Creating thousands of green jobs could not only help the UK slash its CO2 emissions, but investment in a new low carbon workforce could also limit the length and severity of the current recession, says the TUC..... DANISH PORT AIMS TO BECOME GREEN CITY The little-known northern port of Frederikshavn in Denmark may soon become world famous as it bids to become the first city powered solely by renewable energy..... SOLAR ENERGY COULD BRING JOBS TO TEXAS Texas leads the nation in wind power, and now a group advocating for solar energy is pushing for the state to tap into its sunshine. California-based Vote Solar Initiative took out classified ads in several Texas newspapers Tuesday, claiming solar energy could create 45,000 to 90,000 jobs across the state for electricians and engineers and in sales..... 2.65M TO BE EMPLOYED IN WIND & SOLAR BY 2018 According to the latest market research from Clean Edge Clean Edge the wind and solar power industries will experience huge growth in the next 10 years creating 2.65 million jobs worldwide, increased from about 600,000 today. However despite the positive long term message, investment in renewable energy in 2009 is likely to decline or stay flat..... GREEN JOBS A PATH TO A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS Below are excerpts from Vice President Joe Biden's report last week on the White House's Task Force on the Middle Class..... CHINA AND THE US LOOK TO ENERGY EFFICENCY The United States and China are both prioritizing the issue of climate change. They are looking to energy efficiency as a primary means to reduce carbon emissions and as an area for new jobs and economic growth..... WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO WEAR GREEN? What will it take to implement a green-jobs agenda.... GRANHOLM FOCUSES ON GREEN JOBS Gov. Jennifer Granholm is pushing hard this week to plug Michigan's flagging economy into alternative energy..... GORDON BROWN'S VISION FOR 400,000 GREEN JOBS Moving Britain to a low carbon economy will create 400,000 new "green" jobs over the next eight years, Gordon Brown is due to say..... WAVE ENERGY TO BRING ENERGY TO BRING POWER AND JOBS TO SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco took a meaningful step toward turning the promise of renewable ocean energy into reality. We submitted a preliminary permit application to the federal government to develop a wave power project off our coast that we believe can generate between 10 to 30 megawatts of energy, with potential of up to 100 megawatts. When this project is fully operational, upwards of 100 jobs could be created in San Francisco..... WIND-POWER INDUSTRY SEEKS TRAINED WORKFORCE Interest in green-collar jobs is surging among workers from struggling industries. Colleges like California's Cerro Coso are scrambling to help fill the lack of technical education for the field..... GROWING EXCITEMENT, EXPECTATIONS FOR GREEN JOBS CORPS When Rita Bryer sees 300-foot-tall wind turbines sprouting up from the prairie near her home in western Oklahoma, she can't help but wonder about the view from the top, where blades the size of semi-trucks spin..... GERMANY SAYS MORE GREEN JOBS CAN HELP FIGHT RECESSION A solar panel unit in eastern Germany Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Germany expects the creation of thousands of new jobs in its renewable energy sector..... UK CAR COMPANY TO CREATE 250 JOBS BUILDING WORLD'S FIST ZERO EMISSION 4X4 About 250 jobs are to be created by a firm planning to build the world's first zero emission, electric 4x4 vehicle.....
February 2009 NEW WIND FARM COULD CREATE ENERGY ENGINEERING JOBS IN THE NORTH SEA New wind farm could create energy engineering jobs in the North Sea Airtricity, the renewables development division of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), has been granted permission to construct a new offshore wind farm off the coast of The Netherlands.....
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROFESSIONALS ON THE MOVE - FEBRUARY
A new regular column following job appointments in the climate change sector....
HOW TO FIND GREEN JOBS - AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO FINDING ALL THOSE STIMULAS JOBS
You'll need to follow the money--and know a few tricks to get there ahead of everyone else....
WHERE WILL OBAMA FIND FIVE MILLION 'GREEN COLLAR' WORKERS?
The average victim of the economic crisis will find it difficult to train up for a job in renewable energy GREEN JOBS: SURVEY OF THE ENERGY INDUSTRY The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), a nonprofit professional society of over 9,500
President Obama’s plan to turn around the US economy includes $150bn of investment in green energy over the next 10 years, driving America towards energy independence whilst creating five million ‘green collar’ jobs.....
members, issued a survey to its members to determine the need for Green Jobs, Energy Industry Potential and Salary Data.....
"VAST JOB OPPORTUNITIES" IN GREEN ENERGY ACT, MINISTER SAYS
TORONTO – Homeowners in Ontario will be forced to conduct energy audits before selling their property as part of new legislation introduced Monday at Queen’s Park.
The change is one of many provisions in the province’s new Green Energy Act, a law the government claims will generate 50,000 new jobs in the next three years while raising the average electricity bill by only one per cent.....
ECO-GREENS UNVEIL PROPOSAL FOR GREEN JOBS
Greece's 'Ecologists-Greens' or 'Eco-Greens' party on Thursday unveiled a proposal for the creation of 100,000 new jobs in the country through "green" investments to the amount of some 500 billion euros. The party said this was part of a campaign launched by the European Green Party that envisions the creation of five million such "green" jobs throughout Europe.....
SOLAR ENERGY JOBS BOOM IN THE USA
USA President Obama today signed the USD $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 into law. SThe US solar energy industry has rejoiced over the package as USD $43 billion will be spent in the energy sector; with a sizeable chunk dedicated to solar power.....
The renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE) industries represented more than 9 million jobs and $1,045 billion in U.S. revenue in 2007, according to a new report offering the most detailed analysis yet of the green economy. The renewable energy industry grew three times as fast as the U.S. economy, with the solar thermal, photovoltaic, biodiesel, and ethanol sectors leading the way, each with 25%+ annual revenue growth.....
WHITE HOUSE: STIMULAS PACKAGE WOULD BENEFIT COLORADANS
The current compromise version of a federal economic-stimulus package could create or save 59,000 Colorado jobs over the next two years, according to President Barack Obama’s administration.....
GREEN ENERGY MAY PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO THE NAVAJO NATION
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The current thrust toward energy independence may offer the Navajo Nation an opportunity to create green jobs, initiate an economic renewal and revive traditional enterprises, according to tribal advocates.....
MCGUINTY WARNS ONT. WON'T TOLERATE 'NIMBYISUM IN GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS
LONDON, Ont — The "not in my backyard" syndrome that has created roadblocks for new energy projects will no longer be tolerated by the Ontario government, Premier Dalton McGuinty warned Tuesday as he pitched his proposed Green Energy Act.....
JOB-CREATING, GREEN-ENERGY DEVELOPMENT FUNDING AVAILABLE, GOVERNOR REDNELL SAYS
$25 Million Program to Encourage Projects, Jobs Associated With Wind, Geothermal Technologies....
John Swinney will pledge to create at least 16,000 'green' jobs in Scotland over the next decade in an attempt to dig the country out of recession and protect the environment.....
A new bill facing the Indiana General Assembly could create thousands of new jobs by requiring 20 percent of the state’s energy to come from renewable or energy-efficient resources by 2020.....
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report which predicts a significant rise in the production of environmentally friendly goods over the next two decades. The report focuses on the implications of this for employment in key industries.....
GREEN JOBS PROPOSED FOR NEVADA
After a week of sparring over the budget, Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons and Democrats running the Legislature ended up agreeing -- more or less -- on at least one thing: the need for "green jobs" and renewable energy infrastructure in Nevada.....
BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN: NEW ENERGY FOR AMERICA
President Obama has announced his New Energy plan for America that promises to create millions of new jobs within the renewable energy sector across the country. This comprehensive New Energy for America plan will..... In summer 2008, BWEA commissioned Bain & Company and SQW to produce a linked pair of reports investigating the subject of skills and employment in the wind, wave and tidal stream industries..... Recruiters give thumbs up to the new service that offers free job posting, CV database access and job seeker services....
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