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address above.July 20094 Emerging green collar jobs in wind energyAs wind technology advances so follows wind power jobs. Wind jobs are green

careers because wind is a natural, renewable energy source. Wind and solar

power jobs are uniquely connected with the new smart grid that is being

constructed. Due to the huge amounts of electricity that can be harnessed,

smart grids will provide the much-needed mechanisms to push wind

electricity around the country.....Massachusetts announces $155 million in renewable energy projectsMassachusetts announces $55 million in Renewable Energy and power projects.

An additional $100 million for private sector Renewable Energy projects

that are shovel ready within 120 days was also announced. Governor Deval

Patrick as part of his Massachusetts Recovery Plan to secure the state's

economic future, awarded nearly $22 million under the Stimulus Bill to

support renewable power and energy efficiency projects at state owned

buildings in Massachusetts. $5.5 million was previously awarded . The $22

million announced last week by Patrick is half of the $55 million

Massachusetts will receive from the U.S. Department of Energy 's State

Energy Program (SEP). Nationwide, the Energy Department's SEP Program, as

it is known, totals $3.1 billion to address state energy priorities. The

Massachusetts SEP plan calls for investing in public solar power and energy

efficiency projects that will create thousands of new jobs while reducing

fossil fuel use and Greenhouse Gases.....Venture capital gets back in the cleantech gameVenture capitalists increased investments in alternative energy by 73

percent over the past three months, according to a report issued Wednesday,

an indication that the horrible market conditions from earlier this year

may have abated.....Strategy to create up to 30,000 new 'green' jobsMinister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan with

Tim Fritzley, chief executive of Intune Networks, and the world's first

programmable fibre-optic technology, which will be part of a new

communications network.Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural

Resources Eamon Ryan with Tim Fritzley, chief executive of Intune Networks,

and the world's first programmable fibre-optic technology, which will be

part of a new communications network.....BP chief defends green energy recordChief executive Tony Hayward denies firm has turned its back on renewables

as it reports massive slump in profits caused by fall in oil price.....What green jobs?Washington is spending $60 billion to create the careers of the future, but

not a single green job yet exists. Obama's 'green czar' explains.....Renewable energy could bring jobs to IndianaState and federal climate change legislation combined with new energy

standards could bring more than 39,000 new jobs to Indiana, environmental

officials said Friday.....Downturn hasn’t put damper on green jobs in Central OregonA boom is expected in the near future, and not just in fields that you’d

expectThere’s only so many windy patches of Earth — and even fewer patches close

to transmission lines.So for the next five to 10 years, the wind power industry is going to be

running full steam ahead, said Mike Costanti, principal with Western

Community Energy.....£40,000 a year green jobs go beggingSIX out of ten green energy companies in Scotland are struggling to fill

job vacancies, new research has shown.Are gr